Lot Essay
For a very similar smaller Meissen pair, see Christie's, Melbourne, 28 and 29 May 2001, lot 120.
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Property from a Private East Coast Collector
A LARGE PAIR OF VOLKSTEDT SCHNEEBALLEN VASES AND COVERS
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED FORKS AND DOT MARK TO ONE, INDISTINCTLY INCISED C051
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A LARGE PAIR OF VOLKSTEDT SCHNEEBALLEN VASES AND COVERS
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED FORKS AND DOT MARK TO ONE, INDISTINCTLY INCISED C051
Each of inverted pear shape, the high domed cover with parrot and red berry form finial, the body encrusted allover with yellow-centered mayflower blossoms and applied with trailing branches and balls of blue mayflowers
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high (4)
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED FORKS AND DOT MARK TO ONE, INDISTINCTLY INCISED C051
Each of inverted pear shape, the high domed cover with parrot and red berry form finial, the body encrusted allover with yellow-centered mayflower blossoms and applied with trailing branches and balls of blue mayflowers
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high (4)