19th century, unmarked but likely Dresden in the Meissen style, the vase is covered in tiny applied blossoms as well as the flower 'snowballs", birds, butterflies, and vines.

9 x 8 in.

Private Collection of a Lady, Richmond, VA

Schneeballen, or Snowball, pattern. First modeled by the famed Johann Joachim Kændler in 1739, these extraordinary vases are covered with hundreds of applied flower blossoms, including the flower “snowballs” that give these pieces their name. A pair of birds, each hand-painted in

Numerous chips and losses to wings and snowballs; very small tight rim hairline.