A MEISSEN 'ELEMENTS' EWER EMBLEMATIC OF WATER
A MEISSEN 'ELEMENTS' EWER EMBLEMATIC OF WATER

CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INICISED 327, PRESSNUMMER 40

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A MEISSEN 'ELEMENTS' EWER EMBLEMATIC OF WATER
CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INICISED 327, PRESSNUMMER 40
After the model by J.J Kändler, from a series of the Elements, the scroll handle formed from aquatic leaves tied with a ribbon and surmounted by a winged putto, the body moulded with a fleet of war ships between figures of a mermaid and hippocampi below a figure of Neptune in a shell chariot
25 ¼ in. (64.2 cm.) high

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