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FOUR MEISSEN EWERS EMBLEMATIC OF THE ELEMENTS
CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS; AIR WITH DOUBLE INCISION; INCISED 309, No. 327, 320 AND No. 310; IMPRESSED 81, 68, 66 AND 76, RESPECTIVELY
Each of flattened baluster form, with flared spout, scroll handle, high-relief mid-section and spreading foot:
Earth with a ribbon-tied wheat-grain handle surmounted by a putto with a basket of fruit, the neck moulded with a band of acanthus above painted sprigs, the body moulded with a hunt flanked by applied figures of Diana and Pan, the reverse with a mountainous lakeside, the foot applied with a putto digging with a spade
Air with a billowing drape handle with two winged putti playing a bagpipe to the top terminal, the neck moulded with bands of brightly coloured leaves above a winged putto head and painted scattered insects, the body moulded with birds among clouds flanked by applied figures of Juno with a peacock and Zephyr, the foot moulded with feathers and applied with a putto holding a bird
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 among waves 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 stylized dolphins
Fire with a dragon handle surmounted by a putto, the body moulded with forest animals fleeing a fire flanked by Vulcan with bellows seated on an anvil and Perseus, the foot moulded with flame and applied with a putto holding torches
25¾ in. (66.5 cm.) high (4)
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