Pair Antique German Meissen Porcelain Openwork Compotes Footed Gilt Floral Bowls Decorative Arts Plate Diameter 4

Plate Diameter 4

Edmond Lachenal was considered an innovator and a pivotal figure in the Art Nouveau Ceramic Art Circle

a maritime seascape painting of the coast by William Turner Davey (1818-1900)

The artist played an active role

The painting depicts a table with a brightly colored cloth

Pair Antique German Meissen Porcelain Openwork Compotes Footed Gilt Floral Bowls Decorative Arts Plate Diameter 4A very good pair of antique mid 19th century Meissen porcelain compotes or footed bowls, circa 1850. The bowls are very finely made of open pierced work, with a band of diamond shaped cut out reticulations, these are punctuated with five ornate Rococo cartouches containing brightly colored hand painted flower sprays surrounded by Rococo gilding, there are a number of corresponding floral sprays to the center of the bowl too. The exterior of the bowl