Lot Essay
See B. Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte, The Art of Ceramic Relief Decoration, 1849-1992, London, 1992, p. 182, fig. 136 for an illustration of this model as found on page 62 of the Meissen stock book, circa 1900.
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LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED H.20 AND LOWERCASE GR 175/ PRESSNUMMER 20
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN PATE-SUR-PATE PEACOCK-BLUE GROUND POT-POURRI VASE AND COVER
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED H.20 AND LOWERCASE GR 175/ PRESSNUMMER 20
The pierced cover with wreath form finial, finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a diaphanously clad maiden within a gilt guilloche surround, flanked by upright bracket handles
12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) high approximately
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED H.20 AND LOWERCASE GR 175/ PRESSNUMMER 20
The pierced cover with wreath form finial, finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a diaphanously clad maiden within a gilt guilloche surround, flanked by upright bracket handles
12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) high approximately