Large lidded vase with cresset decoration Elongated, baluster-shaped body with rounded shoulder and short, cylindrical neck. Overhanging bell-shaped lid with moulded, gilded ball finial. On both sides of the wall a large, colourful arrangement of cress blossoms and leaves as well as flying butterflies in fine polychrome painting with gold decoration. Model no. E 139, crossed swords mark. H. 47 cm. A large lidded porcelain vase finely painted with cress. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. 2nd half 20th century.