A Meissen hard-paste porcelain vase and cover (deckelpokal), with a gilt tiered finial and octagonal lobed lower body. Decorated with 3 polychrome reserves of harbour scenes, one in an octagonal cartouche on the lid and the other two on either side of the main body. The octagonal bulbous section has alternating panels of decoration depicting seascapes in burnt orange and aubergine. Further chinoiserie decoration is executed in burnt orange and aubergine, with gold edges to the cartouches and gilt dentil borders. (Also a spare cover)