Stein

 

Meissen, Germany, Johann G. Höroldt period, 1730–1740

 

Glazed porcelain with miniature painting.

H: 13 cm

Unmarked

UMP 16934

 

A porcelain stein with a strap handle. Miniature figurative scene inside a decorative red and gilt scrolled cartouche. Tiny flowers on the handle; below the rim is a cobalt line and a finely detailed band of gilt ornamentation. J. G. Höroldt painting period. The stein originally had a metal lid.