Pair of Antique Wilhelm Schiller Roman Portrait Cameo Vase

Pair of Antique Wilhelm Schiller Roman Portrait Cameo Vase

Code: CE1610467

Dimensions:

H: 34cm (13.4")Di: 13.5cm (5.3")

£770.00 per set Approx $978.4, €899.53

A fine and unusual antique pair vases with Roman cameo portraits by renowned Bodenbach potter Wilhelm Schiller. These large earthenware vase are of bulbous shape with shaped funnel style tops. The body of both vases has a cameo relief portrait of a Roman head, one a centurion (possibly Ceasar) set within an ornate frame with the cameo contained within the main cameo repeated on the reverse side of the opposite vase. Both vases are decorated in a tan coloured wash and both have impressed WS&S marks and both are numbered 252.


Origin : Czech Republic
Maker : Wilhelm Schiller & Son
Manufacture Date : Unknown
Materials : Ceramic