CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, IMPRESSED MODEL NO. H 113 AND (171/55 264/55), PROBABLY BY L. STURM

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN PALE-BLUE GROUND PATE-SUR-PATE VASE
CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, IMPRESSED MODEL NO. H 113 AND (171/55 264/55), PROBABLY BY L. STURM
Of baluster form, finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a scantily draped maiden holding a spray of flowers, each side with a putto holding a garland, the neck and foot with polychrome, platinum and gilt scrollwork
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

See B. Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte, The Art of Ceramic Relief Decoration, 1849-1992, London, 1992, p. 182, fig. 136 for an image from the Meissen stock book circa 1900 illustrating the model. Compare, Christie's, New York, 18 April 2012, lot 446. Also see the Meissen Tradesman's Catalogue, pl. 62 for another of this form.

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