Pair of vases with porcelain flowers

Meissen 1745/50
Baluster vases, painted with bouquets of polychrome German flowers. Gilt lips, blue swords mark under glaze, height: 20.5 cm. Cf. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1966, illus. 757, plate 177 (MAK Cologne). In the vases bouquets of porcelain flowers, Meissen/France 18th century. Total height: 37 and 37.5 cm respectively. Lit. v gl. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1966, fig. 720, pl. 167 (Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum).

The artistically designed porcelain flowers were produced in Meissen and France around the middle of the 18th century and also enjoyed great popularity on bronze-mounted porcelain, clocks and chandeliers.