A MEISSEN PORCELAIN 'ELEMENTS' EWER EMBLEMATIC OF WATER

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£ 8 000
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12.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 227 | A MEISSEN PORCELAIN 'ELEMENTS' EWER EMBLEMATIC OF WATER
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN 'ELEMENTS' EWER EMBLEMATIC OF WATER

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK WITH GROUND INCISION BELOW, PROBABLY OUTSIDE-DECORATED, INCISED MODEL NO. 320, PRESSNUMMER 66

After the model by J.J Kändler, with scroll handle formed from aquatic leaves tied with a ribbon and surmounted by a winged putto, the lower part moulded with a fleet of war ships among waves between figures of a mermaid and hippocampi below a figure of Neptune in a shell chariot, the foot moulded with bulrushes and applied with stylised dolphins

25 3/8 cm. (64.5 cm.) high

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