A MEISSEN RED-GROUND SNAKE-HANDLED VASE, 'SCHLANGENVASEN'
A MEISSEN RED-GROUND SNAKE-HANDLED VASE, 'SCHLANGENVASEN'

BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND 411 MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. A188 AND IMPRESSED 90, MID-TO-LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A MEISSEN RED-GROUND SNAKE-HANDLED VASE, 'SCHLANGENVASEN'
BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND 411 MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. A188 AND IMPRESSED 90, MID-TO-LATE 19TH CENTURY
Of baluster form, the gilt gadrooned rim flanked by paired coiled snake handles above a band of Vitruvian scrolls, the shoulder with braid, the lower section with a further band of gilt gadroons, on conforming socle and fluted gilt flaring foot
19 in. (48.2 cm.) high

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