Four (4) European sweetmeat dishes. 1st – 2nd items: Pair (2) of Meissen style blackamoor figure sugar or sweetmeat bowls, modeled after Johann Friedrich's 1741 piece, molded in the form of a black, partially nude female dressed in a floral skirt and head wrap offering a lemon in one hand and leaning over a basket-weave textured bowl with floral sprays, all upon a naturalistic base with flowers. Unmarked. Pencil inscription to base "Mantel LR". Both approximately 7 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W x 5 1/4" D. Likely German, late 18th/early 19th century. 3rd – 4th items: Two (2) parcel gilt shell-shaped sweetmeats dishes with foliate and floral banding to rim. Both with impressed "E" to underside. Both with Christie's 1964 lot and inventory sticker labels to underside. Both 2 1/4" H x 9 5/8" W x 8 5/8" D. Likely English, first half of the 19th century.

PROVENANCE: Private Knoxville, Tennessee collection.

CONDITION: 1st – 2nd items: Both items with scattered minor wear to glaze. Multiple repairs to one to figures neck and both arms as well as the bowl. Repair to other at figure's arms. Lids/covers are missing/not included. 3rd – 4th items: Both items in overall good condition with scattered wear to gilt and some slight wear to glaze. One dish with hairline measuring 2 3/4" L.