Pair Antique German Meissen Porcelain Openwork Compotes Footed Gilt Floral Bowls Mid-Century Modern with George Nelson's facsimile signature

with George Nelson's facsimile signature

he would rapidly sketch out the scene to be painted with pen and ink without the small details of his subject

with original brass stud-work decoration

circa 1830

Pair Antique German Meissen Porcelain Openwork Compotes Footed Gilt Floral Bowls Mid-Century Modern with George Nelson's facsimile signatureA very good pair of antique mid 19th century Meissen porcelain compotes or footed bowls, circa 1850. The bowls are very finely made of open pierced work, with a band of diamond shaped cut out reticulations, these are punctuated with five ornate Rococo cartouches containing brightly colored hand painted flower sprays surrounded by Rococo gilding, there are a number of corresponding floral sprays to the center of the bowl too. The exterior of the bowl