Centerpiece. Glazed Porcelain. Meissen, Germany, Probably Second Half Of The 19th Century.

Centerpiece. Glazed porcelain. Meissen, Germany, probably second half of the 19th century.
With marks and numbers on the bases. Perhaps some small flaws.
Glazed porcelain centerpiece surmounted by a male figure dressed in 18th-century European fashion. It consists of three saucers with openwork edges (the smallest at the top) arranged on a centerpiece decorated with simple geometric elements and spiraling plant motifs. Incised marks and numbers are visible on the bases of the saucers and the centerpiece. The blue and white decoration with these particular plant elements is a type known as "blue onion," very characteristic of Meissen porcelain, and inspired by Chinese works that also frequently used these colors as early as the 17th century. Although onions were not depicted, the stylized elements (peaches, melons, bamboo, etc.) reminded Europeans of this vegetable, hence its name. At the base of the centerpiece, the Meissen mark used between 1815 and 1924 can be seen. The base of the "large plate" has engraved numbers and another in blue ink; the next plate has the mark of the two crossed swords and more engraved numbers; at the base of the small plate, the number 17 can be seen in blue ink. ·
Dimensions: 28 x 28 x 57 cm