A pot pourri was a container with a perforated cover or lid, to hold sweet-smelling herbs or petals, that was intended to produce a pleasant scent. Made mostly in porcelain and occasionally in silver, they were popular in the 19th century. The most prolific maker was Royal Worcester, the factory producing elaborate urns with hand painted decoration by their best artists. Minton, Moorcoft and Wegwood made smaller quantities. In the late 20th century Stuart Devlin designed and produced several examples.

Dresden porcelain made in the city of Dresden, Germany, in the 18th and 19th centuries, was known for its intricate and highly detailed figurines, as well as its ornate and decorative vases, dishes, and other decorative objects. The porcelain was often painted with bright colors and gilded with gold or silver.

The style of Dresden porcelain is often associated with the Meissen porcelain factory, which was established in the nearby city of Meissen in 1710.

The production of Dresden porcelain began in the 18th century, with many of the factories and workshops being founded by skilled craftsmen who had previously more...

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A Dresden porcelain urn-shaped pot pourri, late 19th century,…

Dresden Porcelain Rose Garland Pot Pourri Urn, 19th Century

A Dresden porcelain urn-shaped pot pourri, late 19th century, the pierced cover with plumed helmet finial, decorated all over with garlands of roses on a gilt enamel ground., height 33 cm

A small Dresden style potpourri urn, 20th century, the urn and…

Dresden Style Potpourri Urn with Rose Decoration, 20th Century

A small Dresden style potpourri urn, 20th century, the urn and hinged cover, with tapering sides hand decorated with flowering rose reserves on pink and white ground with jewelling, the sides moulded twin goat's head handles enriched in gilt, the…

A Dresden (Helena Wolfsohn) urn and cover, Helena Wolfsohn, D…

Dresden Helena Wolfsohn Urn: Coastal Landscapes with Exotic Figures

A Dresden (Helena Wolfsohn) urn and cover, Helena Wolfsohn, D crown painted mark, c1850, the small baluster porcelain urn and domed cover, finely hand painted with two coastal landscapes within gilt quatrefoil reserves with swirling filigree borders…

A pair of Dresden porcelain urns and covers, Carl Thieme, 19th…

Dresden Porcelain Courting Scene Urns

A pair of Dresden porcelain urns and covers, Carl Thieme, 19th century, of baluster form, each decorated with a central courting scene, raised on square feet and sitting on square plinth bases, the whole with painted flowers and floral encrustations,…

A Dresden porcelain pot pourri urn and cover, by Carl Thieme,…

Dresden Porcelain Pot Pourri Urn with Rams Head Handles

A Dresden porcelain pot pourri urn and cover, by Carl Thieme, circa 1900, of baluster form, decorated with a central courting scene to obverse and painted with a floral arrangement to reverse, flanked with twin rams head handles, the circular foot raised…

A porcelain pot pourri vase, probably Dresden, late 19th…

Floral Dresden Porcelain Vase with Classical Scene

A porcelain pot pourri vase, probably Dresden, late 19th century, of baluster form with a floral encrusted lid, decorated with a classical scene to obverse and floral bouquet to reverse, applied with garlands of fruit and flowers, above a square foot,…

A Dresden porcelain pot pourri urn and cover, 20th century,…

Dresden Porcelain Pot Pourri Urn with Rams Head Handles

A Dresden porcelain pot pourri urn and cover, 20th century, painted with a central arrangement of flowers, cobalt blue ground with gilt highlights, flanked by twin rams head handles, raised on a socle foot with square base, the lid with a pierced top and…

Dresden porcelain lidded urn, floral encrusted hand painted…

Floral Dresden Porcelain Urn with Putti and Gilt Highlights

Dresden porcelain lidded urn, floral encrusted hand painted with putti holding bird, turn handled with gilt highlights

Dresden porcelain pot pourri, open pierced work to body with…

Floral Dresden Porcelain Pot Pourri with Open Pierced Work

Dresden porcelain pot pourri, open pierced work to body with hand painted floral encrusted design

A large pair of Dresden style floral figural lidded urns, 19th…

Dresden Floral Figural Urns, 19th Century

A large pair of Dresden style floral figural lidded urns, 19th century, carinate shaped pedestal urns profusely encrusted with polychrome flora and festoon draped cupids to the spiral moulded bodies, with Meissen style crossed baton and star marks…

A Dresden red floral gold gilt urn vase 6892, height 28 cm.

Dresden Red Floral Gold Gilt Urn Vase - 28cm

A Dresden red floral gold gilt urn vase 6892, height 28 cm.

A pair of Dresden pot pourri vases and covers, each of baluster…

Dresden Pot Pourri Vases with Floral Decoration

A pair of Dresden pot pourri vases and covers, each of baluster form painted and gilt with sprays of flowers, the covers with conforming decoration, 28 cm high

Dresden German porcelain lidded urn, 20th century, blue factory…

Blue Dresden Porcelain Lidded Urn, 20th Century, 49cm High

Dresden German porcelain lidded urn, 20th century, blue factory mark stamped 'Dresden', 49 cm high

19th century Dresden porcelain comport, c.1870-80, the shallow…

Dresden Porcelain Comport with Courting Couple, 19th Century

19th century Dresden porcelain comport, c.1870-80, the shallow bowl handed painted with central scene depicting a courting couple, surrounded by pierced bowl, set above a knopped stem and pierced domed base, decorated with floral sprays, accented with…

Dresden German floral encrusted lidded pot pourri

Floral Dresden Potpourri with Lid

Dresden German floral encrusted lidded pot pourri

German Dresden miniature urn shaped vase with applied figural…

Dresden Cherub Vase with Figural Handles and Gilding

German Dresden miniature urn shaped vase with applied figural handles, fine gilding and pate-sur-pate cherub design miniscule chip to base

A Dresden lidded pot pourri urn, ornately decorated with…

Ornate Dresden Pot Pourri Urn with Romantic Garden Scene

A Dresden lidded pot pourri urn, ornately decorated with florals and cherubs, romantic garden scene to central panel, decorated handle to each shoulder, mark to base. 24 cm x 50 cm.

A Dresden porcelain pot pourri, 19th century inscribed to base:…

Dresden Porcelain Pot Pourri, 19th Century

A Dresden porcelain pot pourri, 19th century inscribed to base: crossed swords in underglaze blue 17 cm high

A Dresden porcelain Twin-Handled lidded urn with a floral motif…

Dresden Porcelain Floral Urn with Twin Handles (9 words)

A Dresden porcelain Twin-Handled lidded urn with a floral motif total, height 39 cm

Two Dresden floral and gilt lidded urns 16 cm high approx.

Dresden Floral and Gilt Urns (Pair)

Two Dresden floral and gilt lidded urns 16 cm high approx.

A pair of early 19th century Dresden urns & covers, inverted…

Dresden Urns with Romantic Scenes & Floral Covers

A pair of early 19th century Dresden urns & covers, inverted baluster bodies painted with romantic scenes, goat mask handles, pierced covers with encrusted florals (slight faults). Height 64 cm. Provenance: Ex. a Wairarapa historic home.

Large Dresden hand painted porcelain figural comport, height 47…

Hand-painted Dresden porcelain figural comport, 47cm height

Large Dresden hand painted porcelain figural comport, height 47 cm, overall good condition

A Dresden porcelain lidded urn, with handpainted scenes, blue &…

Handpainted Dresden Porcelain Urn with Blue & Gilt Detail

A Dresden porcelain lidded urn, with handpainted scenes, blue & gilt detail height 31 cm

A Hutschenreuther Dresden lidded urn, with handpainted floral &…

Hutschenreuther Dresden Floral Urn with Swan Handles

A Hutschenreuther Dresden lidded urn, with handpainted floral & gilt detail & swan handles, height 28 cm

A pair of 19th century Dresden lidded urns, with hand painted…

19th Century Dresden Hand-Painted Lidded Urns (Pair)

A pair of 19th century Dresden lidded urns, with hand painted rural and fishing scenes, 32 cm high

A Dresden lidded urn, hand-decorated with applied floral…

Hand-decorated Dresden Lidded Urn with Floral Applique

A Dresden lidded urn, hand-decorated with applied floral decoration, height 16 cm

Dresden porcelain lidded urn vase, with blue ground and hand…

Gilded Dresden Porcelain Urn Vase with Hand-Painted Florals

Dresden porcelain lidded urn vase, with blue ground and hand painted floral centre, the whole covered with ornate gilding, 27 cm high approx

Two Dresden floral and gilt lidded miniature urns, height 16 cm

Pair of Dresden Floral and Gilt Miniature Urns

Two Dresden floral and gilt lidded miniature urns, height 16 cm

A Dresden porcelain figured comport, late 19th century, 45 cm…

Dresden Porcelain Figured Comport - Late 19th Century

A Dresden porcelain figured comport, late 19th century, 45 cm high

A pair of 20th century Dresden lidded floral encrusted mantle…

Floral Dresden Mantle Urns, 20th Century

A pair of 20th century Dresden lidded floral encrusted mantle urns, H. 23 cm

A Dresden pot pourri vase, ornamented with flowers in high…

Floral Dresden Potpourri Vase, 28.5 cm Height (a/f)

A Dresden pot pourri vase, ornamented with flowers in high relief on body. Height 28.5 cm. (a/f; minor chips and restorations have been made)

A pair of Dresden china lamps with shades, urn form white and…

Dresden China Urn Lamps with Cream Silk Shades

A pair of Dresden china lamps with shades, urn form white and gilded lamp bases with oval cream silk shades with trims; blue backstamp underside. Height 45 cm

Dresden hand painted porcelain lidded urn. Dual handled.…

Dresden Porcelain Urn with Classical Scenes and Gilt Highlights

Dresden hand painted porcelain lidded urn. Dual handled. Classical scenes in two cartouches on blue ground with gilt highlights. Pierced cover. Small gilt loss to column base. Estate late Douglas Osborne Hawke. Height 30 cm

Dresden lidded urn. Dual handled. Painted figures in two…

Dresden Blue and Gold Lidded Urn

Dresden lidded urn. Dual handled. Painted figures in two cartouches on blue ground. Gilt highlights. Pierced lid. Height 30 cm

Continental porcelain lidded urn. Painted hunting scenes in two…

Continental Porcelain Hunting Urn

Continental porcelain lidded urn. Painted hunting scenes in two cartouches, with floral decoration. Gilt highlights. Indistinct mark to base - possibly Dresden. Height 37 cm

Dresden German floral porcelain lidded urn, c1950s. 40 cm

1950s Dresden Floral Porcelain Lidded Urn - 40cm

Dresden German floral porcelain lidded urn, c1950s. 40 cm

A fine reticulated floral Dresden comport, 19th century, the…

Reticulated Floral Dresden Comport

A fine reticulated floral Dresden comport, 19th century, the flared reticulated bowl supported on an embellished tree trunk style stem with three well decorated figures upon a pierced and fruit and flower encrusted rococo base; underglaze blue cross marks…

A Dresden Figurual porcelain candlestick. From 1880, with the…

Dresden Porcelain Candlestick with Putto and Floral Tree

A Dresden Figurual porcelain candlestick. From 1880, with the crown Dresden later Wolfsohn mark. Depicting a peg-legged putto in a tricorn hat carrying walking stick, against a floral encrusted multi branched tree surmounted by a floral urn; the whole…

Dresden double handled urn, with gilded decoration and floral…

Gilded Dresden Urn with Floral Cartouche

Dresden double handled urn, with gilded decoration and floral cartouche

Dresden porcelain lidded urn 14.5 cm high

Dresden Porcelain Lidded Urn - 14.5 cm

Dresden porcelain lidded urn 14.5 cm high

Dresden comport, romantic scene centre, approx height 20 cm

Dresden Romance: Miniature Scene of Love

Dresden comport, romantic scene centre, approx height 20 cm