Small trumpet vase of white hard-paste porcelain made to commemorate World War I, the front decorated in underglaze blue with the image of a radiant Iron Cross and the date 1914, the reverse with a small three-leaf oak branch and acorn below the date 1914-1916, with narrow blue bands below the lip, around the lower body, and at the foot.

Commemorative Vase

Royal Porcelain Manufactory Meissen

1916

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