Lot Essay
See note for lot 255.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A MASSIVE MEISSEN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED POT-POURRI VASE AND COVER
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, INCISED B.C. AND GILT 13
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A MASSIVE MEISSEN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED POT-POURRI VASE AND COVER
Late 19th century, blue crossed swords, incised B.C. and gilt 13
The pierced rocaille-moulded cover surmounted by a large bouquet, above an inverted pear-shaped vase, finely painted after Watteau with vignettes of figures in a garden before ruins, the reverse with a bouquet of deutsche Blumen within an applied flower and fruit surround scrolling to form the vine handles and applied with insects, the lower socle similarly moulded, and applied with a nymph holding a basket of flowers, a companion putto above
29½ in. (74.8 cm.) high (2)
Late 19th century, blue crossed swords, incised B.C. and gilt 13
The pierced rocaille-moulded cover surmounted by a large bouquet, above an inverted pear-shaped vase, finely painted after Watteau with vignettes of figures in a garden before ruins, the reverse with a bouquet of deutsche Blumen within an applied flower and fruit surround scrolling to form the vine handles and applied with insects, the lower socle similarly moulded, and applied with a nymph holding a basket of flowers, a companion putto above
29½ in. (74.8 cm.) high (2)