Pair of Meissen baluster two-handled flower encrusted vases,...

Estimate

£60 - £80

Pair of Meissen baluster two-handled flower encrusted vases, late 19th century blue crossed swords marks, incised numerals and pressnummern, possibly outside decorated, each painted with bouquets of flowers within rocaille gilt cartouches and encrusted floral garlands, each with pierced neck, with gilt branch handles, on scroll moulded feet (one with section of neck cracked and restuck), 14.5cm high 

Provenance:  Hicks Beach Estate.  The majority of pieces in this collection originate from Williamstrip, Coln St Aldwyn, family seat from 1788 to 2008 and thereafter Mill House, Coln St Aldwyn.  Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt, succeeded his father as 9th Baronet of Beverston in 1854.  He became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1864 and served twice as Chancellor of the Exchequer, from 1885 to 1886 and again from 1895 to 1902.  In 1906 he was raised to the peerage as Viscount St Aldwyn and in 1915 became the first Earl St Aldwyn.