Blue Onion Nutcracker #2

This is the one of those rare items made by Meissen in the late 19th century - a nutcracker. Nutcrackers are rather rare to begin with in this style but the Meissen ones are almost impossible to find and I have only owned one other blue onion decorated one before this one. The piece is decorated with their famous Blue Onion / Zwiebelmuster design all around with the tiny crossed swords in the bottom of the stalk. The round handles to either end of the metal top piece have a little bit of a blue design on them as well. The piece is in superb condition with some oxidation to the metal parts and three tiny black firing spots along the very edge by the stalk which can be seen in the pictures but not when on display. I believe them to be made of brass - they later switsched to steel. So if you wanted to you could polish them to be nice and shining and they'd stunning! The mechanics are very smooth which is typical of their nutcrackers - much nicer than the cheaper versions! The piece is about 4.5 inches tall (when screwed down all the way), 6.25 inches wide including the handles and 3.25 inches deep. It is marked underneath with the under glaze blue crossed swords mark (first choice!), a blue painter's mark and the usual impressed / incised marks as shown. A really nice piece! Please email me for more information or other pictures.