A PAIR OF MEISSEN TWO-HANDLED BALUSTER POT-POURRI VASES AND COVERS

CIRCA 1900, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED 1249. AND PAINTER'S 10., AFTER A MODEL BY J.J. KNDLER

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN TWO-HANDLED BALUSTER POT-POURRI VASES AND COVERS
Circa 1900, blue crossed swords marks, incised 1249. and painter's 10., after a model by J.J. Kndler
Each finial formed as a bouquet of flowers above pierced turquoise and gilt-enriched domed covers, the vases finely painted in colours front and back with amorous couples in gardens with ruins, within flower and fruit encrustation scrolling to form the vine handles, applied with putti, the flower-encrusted flaring bases with a nymph and a putto, respectively
24in. (61cm.) high (2)

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See Dr. K. Berling, ed., Meissen China an Illustrated History, New York, 1972, p. 52 and 56, fig. 114 for an example of this model circa 1910. Kndler originally designed this model for Frederick the Great in various sizes and with alternate side-figures.

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