porcelain, crater vase with gold inside rim, exterior with narrow and wide gilt edges, rim and knop with gold palmette frieze decorated in relief, with bright and matte gold painted oak wreath with leaves and acorns underneath, the facing side with oval medallion with polychrome painted castle in a large park landscape, the reverse side with a bucolic landscape with farmer carrying 2 water buckets on her shoulders, both with brown framing, gold hippocampi and dolphins, rectangular frame with gold leafy tendrils and rosettes on brown ground, gold handles decorated in relief with leaf rocailles, surmounted by rectangular field with gold rhombs and flowers, the mid-section with bright and matte gold painted female mascarons surrounded by gold acanthus leaf tendrils on white ground, the base of the body and foot with gold fluting, base with gold-heightened palmette frieze, gold rosette and gold borders decorated in relief, tiered edge with gilt borders, total height 55 cm, diameter 29 cm, screwed, rim with 2 small restorations, the inside of the base with tension crack, 2 small chipped areas, the exterior edge of the base with 2 small chippings
Royal Copenhagen, bottom mark 3 underglaze blue waves, vase model in Empire form by Gustav Friedrich von Hetsch, head of the manufactory 1828-1864, painted décor after a model by the painter A. E. Kieldrup with Bernstorff Castle and verso a scene at Ermelunden (Ru)