A MEISSEN PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND TOPOGRAPHICAL ARMORIAL VASE

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND TWO DOTS, INCISED MODEL NO. A.119., PRESSNUMMER 26, THE MODEL BY E.A. LEUTERITZ

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND TOPOGRAPHICAL ARMORIAL VASE
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND TWO DOTS, INCISED MODEL NO. A.119., PRESSNUMMER 26, THE MODEL BY E.A. LEUTERITZ
Of krater form, the serpentine bracket handles with foliate mask terminals, finely painted to one side with the arms of the town of Bautzen, the other with a view of its historic center, identified in gilt below as Aussicht von Budissin
13 ¾ in. (34.9 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Bautzen, also known as Budissin, is the unofficial capital of the Lusatian Sorbs. For a reproduction of the original color design drawing by Leuteritz of this form circa 1856, see David Brower Anitques, Catalogue of 19th Century Porcelain, Celebrating 300 Years of Meissen History, p. 42.

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