Blumenübertopf / Cachepot mit Vogel- und Insektenmalerei / A flower pot with birds and insects, Helena Wolfsohn, Dresden, Mitte 19. Jh. Material: porcelain, polychrome painted, painted with gold and glazed, Mark: underglaze blue AR mark, Decor: volute feet, small shell rocailles, all four sides with relief decoration and fine insect and bird painting, Height: 14.5 cm, Condition: one hairline crack with small missing part on the inside of the rim, no restorations

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