WEHSENER Dresden Hand Painted Signed BAERSCHNEIDER Turquoise Enamel Jewels Lidded Vase 16"

**Please don't mind the glare and/or white spots. No matter how I positioned the light or the vase, I could not eliminate them.**

This is a lovely and rare lidded or covered vase by Wehsener Dresden. Depicting a finely hand-painted portrait after Rembrandt, it is signed by well known porcelain artist Eduard Baerschneider. His work is regularly found on KPM and Royal Vienna -style pieces.

The beautifully hand-painted portrait (NOT a transfer) is that of Rembrandt's Tronie of a Man with a Feathered Beret c.1635-40 executed in deep reds and brown with touches of blue in his feathers and scarf. The portrait is signed lower right Bearschneider. The background and the rest of the body of the vase is in brown and red shading. The foot of the vase is in a raised gold design. Above that is a band of orange enamel dots then a series of graduating enamelled turquoise jewels on gold background to a gold knob where it meets the body of the vase. The top of the brown-red ground is a hand painted gold lace work with a couple of raised gold dotted bands and another band of orange enamel dots. There is yet more of these wonderful graduating turquoise enamel jewels on gold ground ending in a raised gold flared lip. I can find no missing or chipped enamel jewels on the vase. Only gold wear is the lip where the lid sits atop. There are no chips, cracks or repairs (has been checked with blacklight).

 

The lid is done in more turquoise enamel jewels and a row of orange dots ending in a pointed finial. The lid has had the finial broken and repaired as well as a chip to the rim. There is one chipped turquoise dot. Please see pictures

The vase is in excellent condition with no damage or repairs noted while the lid is as mentioned above. Stands 16" to the top of the finial and 13" without lid. Marked as shown on the base with the W in a scrolled cartouche, Germany. Wehsner was a decorating company that used numerous company blanks. This vase appears to have been manufactured by JPL, Jean Pouyat Limoges, France and their mark can just be seen under the worn gold dot. 

I am only one person doing this as a hobby and looking to find homes for some of the items I have collected over the years. I will attempt to answer any questions as quickly as possible. Photos are assumed to be a part of the description, please view all photos.