59. Rare écuelle couverte et présentoir en porcelaine de Meissen, à décor dit « Schneeballen », vers 1745 A rare Meissen 'Schneeballen' ecuelle, cover and stand, circa 1745 Each applied with a dense ground of flower-heads with the details picked out in iron-red and yellow, applied with trailing leafy branches making up the cover and ecuelle handles, the cover with a finial made up of further small flower-heads, the interior with solid gilding to both ecuelle and cover, the cover with an additional gilt scrollwork cartouche enlosing a puce camaieu landscape scene, the stand with gilt rim, 17.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to both stand and ecuelle, the stand with an additional impressed 22 (one handle with some restoration) (3) This style of applied mayflower decoration was originally applied to tea- and coffee service; Kaendler's work records include numerous mentions of such work from October 1740 onwards. The middle vases of the 1741 garniture representing the four elements intended as a gift to Louis XV were covered with mayflowers and this form of decoration was subsequently used on other vases. A garniture of vases was among the porcelain packed in 1745 for Frederick the Great of Prussia.