of inverted pear form, painted on one side with a view of the Königliche Hoftheater in Dresden and on the other with the commemorative inscription: Dem / bewährten Meister der Schauspielkunst / Herrn Eduard Winger / bei Seinem Rücktritt nach mehr als dreißigjähriger / ruhmvoller Tätigkeit an dem Königl. Sächs. Hoftheater / zu Dresden. / am 30. Juni 1874. / als Zeichen der Anerkennung und hochachtungsvollen / Andenkens / gewidmet von / dem Herrn Generaldirector / Reichsgraf von Platen-Hallermund / und/ Seinen bisherigen Kunstgenossen [To the proven master of theater, Mr. Eduard Winger, upon his retirement after more than thirty years of glorious work at the Royal Saxon Theater in Dresden, on June 30, 1874, to show recognition and as a respectful souvenir given by Mr. Chief Executive Imperial Count of Platen-Hallermund and his colleagues], all within a border of applied flowers and fruits, the shoulders set with twig handles, the foot applied with a maiden, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue.

There are some occasional and minor chips or restored chips to the edges of flowers or leaves. There is a very small slice chip to the tip of one curve on the top of the stand. Otherwise in good condition.
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Eduard Winger (1812-1886) was an acclaimed actor of the 19th-century theater in Germany. Ludwig Eisenberg mentions in his book, Grosses biographisches Lexicon der deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert, p. 1131, that Winger's talent as indisputable even in the early stages of his career. Winger started in the Hoftheater in 1831 with the role "Lafarra" in the play Johanna von Montsaucon and remained as a key actor there until his retirement in 1874, which the present vase commemorates.