CIRCA 1890, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODEL NO. H.113 AND CYPHER, PROBABLY BY L. STURM

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN PATE-SUR-PATE PALE-BLUE AND MAUVE GROUND VASE
CIRCA 1890, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODEL NO. H.113 AND CYPHER, PROBABLY BY L. STURM
Of baluster form, finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a scantily draped maiden holding a basket of roses, the reverse with a putto holding a flaming torch, the neck and foot with polychrome, platinum and gilt scrollwork
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high

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See B. Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte, The Art of Ceramic Relief Decoration, 1849-1902, London, 1992, p. 182, fig. 136 for an image from the Meissen stock book circa 1900 illustrating the model. Compare, Christie's, New York, 9 April 2008, lot 265. Also see the Meissen Tradesman's Catalogue, pl. 62 for another of this form.

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