3289 - Meissen small handled vase with bird motif

Meissen small handled vase with bird motif Designed by Johann Gottfried Dressler and colleagues 1827-1830, small underglaze blue sword mark 1934-1945, 1st grade, indistinct stamp number, baluster shape with rounded belly, funnel-shaped foot and neck, and two sculpted tufts of reeds as handles, flanked by modelled strawberry and strawberry and lemon tendrils; the landscape scenes on both sides featuring ducks and songbirds perched on branches, respectively, as well as scattered insects, rendered in fine polychrome overglaze painting, colour accents and a gold rim, the latter showing minimal wear and the decoration having been partially and expertly restored; otherwise in good condition for its age, H 17.5 cm.