A Ludwigsburg beaker, c.1759-63, painted by Andreas Oettner with Cupids in Disguise, one side with a

A Ludwigsburg beaker, c.1759-63, painted by Andreas Oettner with Cupids in Disguise, one side with a putto dressed as a cleric or lawyer in black cloak and wig, seated with another wearing a hat and ruff, the reverse with a putto wearing a bonnet and draped in a white robe, all above purple foliate scrolls, the interior rim with a continuous formal gilt border, blue crowned interlaced Cs mark, 6.6cm.

Andreas Phillipp Oettner was an itinerant decorator, recorded at Nympenburg and Frankenthal before moving on to Ludwigsburg. He is recorded at Höchst from 1763, in Furstenberg from 1767 and at Vienna between 1783-87. He specialised in Watteau-esque scenes and figures.