Art Nouveau Royal Dux Earthenware Figural Compote, Modelled as a cylindrical tree, its leafy canopy spreading out to form a shallow well bowl, the exterior sides of the tray, ripe with fruit, adorsed by the elegantly appointed figure of a lady in a pink Empire dress, reaching up to pick an apple from the tree, the verso of the rounded base with pink triangular form mark impressed #1847, painted #53, Early 20th Century {Height 17 inches}