Bottle
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1840 (circa)
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Measurements
381 mm (H)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1296759.1
Summary
Bottle and cover, one of a pair, hard-paste porcelain, domed covers with flower finials, encrusted with flowers and vines, naturalistically painted in polychrome enamels with scattered insects, after a mid-18th century model, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue, Meissen, Germany, c. 1840.
Provenance
The 1909 Heirlooms at Tatton inventory records ‘Pair Dresden China Bottle shape Vases & Stoppers with flowers in relief’ in the Music Room.
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed swords mark in underglaze blue
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, manufacturer