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Cf. D, Hoffmeister, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister Band I (Hamburg 1999), p.208 ill.117 for a similar dish.
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CIRCA 1740, MARKED WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND PRESSNUMMER 26
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A Meissen Kakiemon leaf-shaped side dish
Circa 1740, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords and Pressnummer 26
(Blattschale) Painted in colours with the Eichhörnchen-Dekor depicting a yellowish squirrel-type animal seated between branches of Indianische Blumen issuing from two mirroring fences, the upper part with a "flying" red squirrel flanked by two small flower twigs, the shaped edge outlined in brown
24cm. wide
See illustration
Circa 1740, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords and Pressnummer 26
(Blattschale) Painted in colours with the Eichhörnchen-Dekor depicting a yellowish squirrel-type animal seated between branches of Indianische Blumen issuing from two mirroring fences, the upper part with a "flying" red squirrel flanked by two small flower twigs, the shaped edge outlined in brown
24cm. wide
See illustration
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