Monumental Pair of Meissen Potpourri Urnsca. 1850-1924, German, the neo-rococo vases resting on stands with scrolled feet, decorated with encrusted flowers, the sides with pink- and green-trimmed rocaille molding, the platforms with fleur jette painting, the inverted pear-form vases decorated on the obverse with hand-painted panels of courting couples and their chaperones, dressed in 18th-century costume in landscapes, and on the reverse with flowers, the panels framed with garlands of encrusted fruit, flowers and insects, some nearly life-size, each with a Psyche supporting one end, the sides with delicate flower-molded rocaille handles, the bases made to match, one with a maiden supporting a basket of flowers, the other with a putto supporting a basket of flowers, the domed covers with pierced pink and pale-green scrollwork with scattered flowers, with knops of encrusted flower bouquets and the odd insect, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords with pommel ends.
h. 36", w. 16", d. 11-1/2"Provenance: Private collection, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Although all components exhibit losses and professional touch-ups to the bocage throughout, a surprising amount of floral, fruit and insect elements remain intact. The scrolling handles with scattered losses to the tips with one tip reseated. Both Psyche figures good but lacking some floral elements formerly in their hands. Floral and figural reserves on the vase bodies and stands good and clear of scratches. Both interiors good. The lower wreathed figures with old professional restorations and losses to both feet. One stand with an old professional restoration along one upper side. All elements stable.