MEISSEN HUGE EWER THE WATER FOUR ELEMENTS BY KAENDLER height 25.78 inches c.1860

An Incredible and Very Unusual 19th Century Meissen Porcelain “Elements” Ewer Emblematic of Water. This large porcelain ewer is modeled in flattened baluster form with a shell molde...

A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain ‘Elements’ Ewer Emblematic of Air This porcelain ewer is modeled in flattened baluster form with a flared spout, spreading foot, and elaborate figur...

An incredible and truly monumental 19th century Meissen Porcelain Covered urn emblematic of autumn. This is one of the most incredible and sp...

Antique (late 19th century) Austrian porcelain claret ewer on stand in the Greco-Roman neoclassical style with hand-painted designs of Cupid and female maidens or goddesses, with ext...

This exquisite antique Meissen porcelain lidded urn, dating to approximately 1880, is crafted in the opulent Louis XIV style. The urn features intricate figural and floral decoration...

A Large, Important, and very rare Meissen Porcelain Vase with Cover “Emblematic of War”, Modeled by J.J. Kaendler The vase is modeled in large baluster form with a domed cover surmo...

Meissen porcelain pot-pourri vase, Germany, 19th century.

A Minton Majolica Wine Ewer Designed by Hugues Protât (active 1835-90), English, ca. 1875, the body molded as a wine barrel with grape vines to the center, surmounted by four Bacchanalian cherubs, with a Renaissance-style shaped and scrolled spout; the entire piece from the pedestal to the spout is entwined with purple-glazed grapes and green leaves with tendrils, the handle formed by overlapping vines; the reverse with impressed marks, 'MINTONS' and design number '900,' which corresponds to 'Barrel Jug with Cupids (M)' as recorded in the Minton Majolica Ornamental Shape and Design books and partially reprinted in Bergesen. BOOK REFERENCES: Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, p. 181. Minton Ornamental Shapes (i.e., design numbers) listed in Appendix D, pp. 180-182. Joan Jones, MINTON: THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION. Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill Press, 1993, p. 348. Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, Volume Two, fig. 12.63. Full-page color photo of this actual piece. The author incorrectly dates the production of this example as 1863, but as it is impressed 'MINTONS,' it would have to be later than 1873 when the 'S' was added Minton. Victoria Cecil, MINTON MAJOLICA, Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 48, cat. No. 17. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 41. The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue for the International Exhibition 1862...

Masons ewer with a scrolled handle, very finely painted With flowers and exotic birds, and on the other side it is painted With four Asian figures and a garden scene. A pair of ch...

Large Antique Dresden Porcelain Floral Urn. With hand painted classical scenes throughout exterior. Woman and man figures dressed with a garland of flowers on the lid. Marked on bottom, Carl Thieme...