BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
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A MEISSEN CENTREPIECE EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS
blue crossed swords mark
Modelled with four putti emblematic of Spring garlanded in flowers, Summer with wheatsheaf, Autumn garlanded in fruiting vine, and Winter in blue cloak and carrying an urn issuing flames, around a moulded and gilt trunk on a mound base, surmounted by a pierced circular basket, the stand on four scroll and bracket feet and applied with moulded foliage swags, and painted with flower sprays, ( basket with minor firing flaws and wear to gilding, Spring with small losses to the tip of each poesy, Summer lacking implement from right hand, Autumn with minor chip to vine leaf, Winter lacking first finger of left hand, mound base with firing crack, the stand with rubbing to enamels and wear to gilding )
20.in. (51.cm.) high
blue crossed swords mark
Modelled with four putti emblematic of Spring garlanded in flowers, Summer with wheatsheaf, Autumn garlanded in fruiting vine, and Winter in blue cloak and carrying an urn issuing flames, around a moulded and gilt trunk on a mound base, surmounted by a pierced circular basket, the stand on four scroll and bracket feet and applied with moulded foliage swags, and painted with flower sprays, ( basket with minor firing flaws and wear to gilding, Spring with small losses to the tip of each poesy, Summer lacking implement from right hand, Autumn with minor chip to vine leaf, Winter lacking first finger of left hand, mound base with firing crack, the stand with rubbing to enamels and wear to gilding )
20.in. (51.cm.) high