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A PAIR OF MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED 'SCHNEEBALLEN' VASES AND COVERS
CIRCA 1770, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND STAR MARKS
Each of baluster form with domed cover and with flowering cherry branch handles, raised on a waisted socle and further circular base, encrusted overall with pale bule mayflower blossoms with yellow centers, the finial as a displaying parrot perching on a flowering and fruiting cherry tree branch with pendant schneeballen, the body applied with trailing flowering vines and smaller birds, schneeballen suspended form the handles-36½in. (92.8cm.) high, 14¾in. (37.5cm.) wide (2)
CIRCA 1770, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND STAR MARKS
Each of baluster form with domed cover and with flowering cherry branch handles, raised on a waisted socle and further circular base, encrusted overall with pale bule mayflower blossoms with yellow centers, the finial as a displaying parrot perching on a flowering and fruiting cherry tree branch with pendant schneeballen, the body applied with trailing flowering vines and smaller birds, schneeballen suspended form the handles-36½in. (92.8cm.) high, 14¾in. (37.5cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Leonard's, New York
Acquired by Mrs. Post, 7 November 1963
Acquired by Mrs. Post, 7 November 1963