LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN 'SCHNEEBALLEN' VASES AND COVERS
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS
Of ogee form, encrusted allover with blossom and trailing green vines applied with birds, each domed cover surmounted with a pair of small yellow birds
27 ½ in. (70 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The fashion for tightly packed flowerhead decoration is first recorded by J.J. Kaendler at Meissen in June 1740. A bowl, cover and stand with schneeballen or snowball decoration was given to the dauphin, son of Louis XV in 1742, see Maureen Cassidy-Geiger Ed., Fragile Diplomacy, New York, 2007, p. 158, fig. 7 - 25. This decorative concept was revived in the mid-19th century. A similar single vase, 33 inches high, sold Christie’s, London 15 March 2012, lot 87 (£46,850).

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