Vessel

Otto Meier

About 1970

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Round dinner plate of white porcelain decorated with elaborate gilt scrolls around the rim and with scattered flowers and sheafs of wheat reminiscent of the Kakiemon style in the well in the center decorated with the quartered Arms of Saxony and Poland centered with the small crest of the Saxon Electorate showing crossed swords within a crowned escutcheon
Cast iron hair pin comprised of a central rod with filigree balls on each end from which hang small filigree tassels
Tall hard paste porcelain vase of campana shape the upper body with white biscuit bas relief figures against a glazed green ground the figures include King Friedrich Augustus I of Saxony 1750 1827 dressed as a Roman emperor he is flanked by the figures of Justice on his right and Minerva on his left on the opposite side of the vase is the figure of a Roman vestal representing the state of Saxony pouring oil on sacrificial flames on an altar inscribed with the dates of the kings reign at her feet lies an overflowing cornucopia as well as war trophies and emblems of the seven liberal arts the bulbous lower body heavily gilt with two handles and a series of applied acanthus leaves of white biscuit porcelain the foot with central decorative element of green glazed porcelain with small applied white biscuit leaves the lower splayed foot a series of channels
Assembled cruet set comprised of a silver frame and five mounted cut glass bottles the cinquefoil base resting on four cast shell feet attached to cast double C scroll stretchers the stretchers extend from the rim of the base to five circular guard rings on one side with an applied foliate floral and shell cartouche engraved with a coat of arms illegible the handle is attached to a baluster stem the five cut glass bottles of varying sizes with silver covers each decorated with engraved geometric motifs