PORCELAIN CUP WITH A PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER OF THE BAVARIAN CHEVAU-LEGER REGIMENT, CIRCA 1839

Miniaturist F. Scheerer porcelain, underglaze decoration, gilding H. 8.5 cm The officer is decorated with the French Order of the Legion of Honour and the Russian Order of St. Anne: probably during the Napoleonic wars, he managed to fight on the side of Napoleon and against him