Lidded vase

1840-1860

Maker

Meissen Factory (est. 1710)

Measurements

12-3/4 in x 8 in x 4-3/4 in

Materials

Enameled, glazed, and gilded porcelain

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of Mrs. Julia M. Coleman and Mrs. Sylvia Erhart 

Accession Number

1981.259

Inscription

Underglaze blue crossed swords of the Meissen Factory are painted  onto the underside of the base.

Condition Notes

Numerous flower petals and leaves are broken off and missing.

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. Julia M. Coleman and Mrs. Sylvia Erhart of Washington, D.C., and New York City, respectively.

Comments

The very ornate and colorful lidded vase has a double-bellied body hidden by applied leafy handles, many applied flowers and two cherub or putti figures standing on the white, circular base with a broad gilded band around the edge.  The center of the body has a hand-painted courting scene of a man and woman in 18th century dress.  The opposite side is decorated with a pink and a blue flower among smaller flowers and leaves.  The lid, separated from the body by wide gilded bands on each, has rococo base in pale aqua and pink.  It rises to a large, ovoid finial composed of flowers and greenery.