



A LARGE MEISSEN BALUSTER SCHNEEBALLEN CAGE-WORK VASE AND DOMED COVER
CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND PRESSNUMMER 8
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A LARGE MEISSEN BALUSTER SCHNEEBALLEN CAGE-WORK VASE AND DOMED COVER
CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND PRESSNUMMER 8
Heavily encrusted with mayflowers and ball-shaped blossoms, applied with trailing green branches issuing green and yellow veined leaves, the domed cover surmounted with yellow finches, the vase with a golden oriole and a finch perched on green branches, with a beetle and a caterpillar hiding amongst the blossoms, the bombé cage-work base pierced with interlocking basketwork enclosing a canary perched on a green trunk, on domed spreading foot
34 ⁵/₈ in. (88.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND PRESSNUMMER 8
Heavily encrusted with mayflowers and ball-shaped blossoms, applied with trailing green branches issuing green and yellow veined leaves, the domed cover surmounted with yellow finches, the vase with a golden oriole and a finch perched on green branches, with a beetle and a caterpillar hiding amongst the blossoms, the bombé cage-work base pierced with interlocking basketwork enclosing a canary perched on a green trunk, on domed spreading foot
34 ⁵/₈ in. (88.5 cm.) high