A MEISSEN CIRCULAR ECUELLE STAND, circa 1740, the rim painted with three European landscape scenes depicting figures walking in parkland, within elaborate gilt diaper and foliate cartouches edged in brown, flanked by scattered blooms and insects, the centre painted in puce with a couple in a landscape setting, the rim with a gilt border, 17.8cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue PROVENANCE: Private German collection.