Bidspirit auction | Art Nouveau lidded vase with

Art Nouveau lidded vase with girl's portrait, Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur (KPM), Berlin circa 1892 - Art Nouveau lidded vase with girl's portrait Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur (KPM), Berlin circa 1892. Porcelain, white, glazed. Polychrome and gold painted. Blue scepter mark underglaze. Red imperial orb on glaze. 1st choice. Blue painter's signature: A. Merz and indistinct dating: (18)92. Gilder no. 43. Impressed: P 3, A. H. 36.5 cm. -Lit.: Neuwirth, Waltraud, Porzellanmaler-Lexikon, Vol. II, p. 100. Baluster body, lid with pine cone finial, on the front in a gold-framed reserve a girl's portrait en face in cobalt blue underglaze painting, all-over relief gold decor of fine tendril and lattice work, partially as a framing for different colored background areas in delicate pastel tones. Form model by Friedrich Elias Meyer (1723-1785). -Condition: Scratches in the depiction.