A fine Meissen Ewer. The lobed helmet-shaped body finely painted with a continuous landscape scene in the manner of C.F. Herold with Kauffahrtei scenes depicting figures of Oriental and European merchants and their wares by a quayside with ships and buildings in the distance, applied with a gilt-edged scroll handle, the lower section moulded as a shell, the lobed, flared foot painted with sprigs of deutsche Blumen within a gilt border, the inside rim with a border of elaborate gilt scrollwork.

Marks:   Crossed swords in underglaze blue.