Meissen chrysanthemum vase

Meissen onion- or bulb-shaped vase from the Art Nouveau period, hand painted with six stylised Chrysanthemums in a terracotta shade upon a white-to-pastel blue graduated ground.

The colours used on this vase were achieved using an ‘in-glaze’ technique that required high temperature enamels (called ‘Scharffeuerfarben’, and developed at the end of the nineteenth century) and the glaze to be applied in the same firing. These colours were fired at up to 1200C, causing the enamels to fuse into the glaze to create the soft, rich effects that are their distinctive feature.

Underglaze blue crossed swords, incised model number S 145, impressed assembler’s number 98, all to the underside of the base.

Dimensions
19.6cm high, 17.5cm diameter