Bidspirit auction | (3) Meissen Flower Motif Vases

(3) Meissen Flower Motif Vases - Marked on the bottom of all vases.    Dimensions: 9 1/2” Tall x 5” Diameter Larger Vases   Condition: The vases are in very good condition. See images for details.    About: Meissen was established in 1710 by Augustus the Strong, after Johann Friedrich Bottger produced Europe's first true hard-paste porcelain, and its crossed-swords mark — in use from 1720 — is one of the oldest trademarks in existence. Johann Joachim Kandler, chief modeller from 1733, effectively founded porcelain figure sculpture as an art form. Applied flowers are a Meissen specialty: Kandler invented Schneeballen — snowball — decoration in 1739, encrusting a surface with thousands of individually made blossoms modelled on the guelder rose. It is labor-intensive and risky in the firing, and the nineteenth century revived it along with flower-encrusted historicist vases generally.