A MEISSEN PORCELAIN VASE AND COVER EMBLEMATIC OF THE ELEMENT EARTH
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN VASE AND COVER EMBLEMATIC OF THE ELEMENT EARTH

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, IMPRESSED 36

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN VASE AND COVER EMBLEMATIC OF THE ELEMENT EARTH
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, IMPRESSED 36
In the Palissy style, naturalistically molded in high-relief as a wooded landscape, the cover surmounted by an eagle and a beetle, the shoulder applied with a squirrel, the lower body with a fox, the foot with an alligator beneath a nesting bird
31 in. (79 cm.) high (2)

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See The 1911 Meissen Tradesman's Catalogue, pl. 85 for an example applied with slightly variant elements, identified as model number 1048.

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