Ceramic vase in German style

Glazed ceramic vase in German Art Nouveau style, made of bronze. Most likely, it is stoneware with a light blue glaze on a dark green background. The vase has a wide ovoid shape with diagonal rims and a wide opening. It is mounted on a square base. At each corner are four stylized elongated posts that terminate in two curved handles or a peacock-eye pattern with matching cabochons of opalescent glass. There is a faint press mark under the glaze. An inscription is engraved on the mounting plate, which reads: "Donated by individual cyclists of Düsseldorf for the best floral decoration of an individual cyclist. XXI Bundestag D.R.B. 1904." The height of the vase is 22.7 cm. In 1904, the Federal Festival of the German Cyclists' Association took place in Düsseldorf. Similar vases were produced, in particular, by Scharvogel, Hank, and Merkelbach.