Fig. 127.—Dresden.
Fig. 127 shows some choice small pieces from Mr. Wales’s collection The centre flower-dish is very finely painted with birds, and the meandering lip, intended to confine the flowers, is peculiar.
The two cups and saucers on the right are very richly gilded, the compartments containing delicate flower-painting.
The cup and saucer on the left is one of the best examples of the Marcolini period; the gilded edges are exquisitely done, and the flowers, painted in tender browns and greens—not in high colors or in the colors of Nature—are charming.
Many pieces of the old Dresden porcelain (and of modern work
