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These two ewers are part of a set of the four Elements, after the set modelled by J.J. Kändler in 1741.
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CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, FIRE INCISED 310, WATER INCISED 320, BOTH WITH PRESSNUMMER 46
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TWO MEISSEN EWERS EMBLEMATIC OF THE ELEMENTS FIRE AND WATER
CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, FIRE INCISED 310, WATER INCISED 320, BOTH WITH PRESSNUMMER 46
Each of flattened baluster form, with high-relief mid-section and spreading foot, Fire with a dragon handle surmounted by a putto, the body moulded with forest animals fleeing a fire, the reverse with a volcano, flanked by Vulcan with bellows and Perseus; Water with a ribbon-tied reed handle surmounted by a winged putto, the spout shell-moulded above painted insects, the body moulded with a fleet of war ships at sea between an applied figure of a Nereid and Neptune at the shoulder in a shell chariot drawn by hippocampi, the foot moulded with bulrushes and applied with stylised dolphins
27¼ in. (69.3 cm.) high approx. (2)
CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, FIRE INCISED 310, WATER INCISED 320, BOTH WITH PRESSNUMMER 46
Each of flattened baluster form, with high-relief mid-section and spreading foot, Fire with a dragon handle surmounted by a putto, the body moulded with forest animals fleeing a fire, the reverse with a volcano, flanked by Vulcan with bellows and Perseus; Water with a ribbon-tied reed handle surmounted by a winged putto, the spout shell-moulded above painted insects, the body moulded with a fleet of war ships at sea between an applied figure of a Nereid and Neptune at the shoulder in a shell chariot drawn by hippocampi, the foot moulded with bulrushes and applied with stylised dolphins
27¼ in. (69.3 cm.) high approx. (2)
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