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Egyptian Revival 3D flowers Box

This is a superb lidded box made by Meissen in the late 19th century. The piece is in the Egyptian revival style and I believe part of a desk set as I have seen this style with an inkwell hidden inside. The box is held in place by three feet stat stand on a round base. The base is decorated with a gold relieve design along the edge and has three hand painted single flowers on top. The fett are in the shape of Egyptian pharaoh head that have a straight body center and a claw foot as the base. Really a nice looking design! The box has 3D flowers applied all around the outside. The main body has three applied floral arrangements as well as a bunch of single blossoms filling in the rest of the space. The lid also has three applied 3D floral arrangements as well as a single applied flower with its leaves and stem as the finial and single blossoms filling in the rest of the space. Gold trim to the edges. The piece is marked with the under glaze blue crossed swords mark underneath (first choice) and the usual impressed numbers as shown. Some are very ahrd to see. The box with the lid in place is 5.5 inches tall and the base has a diameter of 4 inches. The piece is in great condition with just one tiny chip to a flower petal and I really searched sicne I knew it couldn't be perfect with all those tiny petals. It does ahve a small brown firing spot by one of the Pharaoh heads that they tried to hide at the factory with a bit of liquid porcelain which ran down a bit. It displays perfectly! A really fun item! Please email me for more information or other pictures.

Price is $999
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