A large Meissen ewer, 'Fire', late 19th/early 20th century, the baluster body with moulded dragon handle and applied figures of gods and putti holding emblems of fire; bellows, kindling and torches, the whole profusely moulded and glazed with a deep band portraying a volcanic eruption with enflamed landscape and animals fleeing the incendiary, moulded and painted borders of scrolling waves. 68 cm high underglaze crossed swords to base