CIRCA 1735-40, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, IMPRESSED DREHER'S MARKS E FOR ECKOLDT TO THE PLATE AND :: FOR GRUND SENIOR TO THE DISH

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN 'RED-DRAGON' PLATE AND DISH
CIRCA 1735-40, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, IMPRESSED DREHER'S MARKS E FOR ECKOLDT TO THE PLATE AND :: FOR GRUND SENIOR TO THE DISH
Painted in iron-red and enriched in gilt with alternate red dragons and precious objects at the rim, one with two confronting phoenix to the center, the other with a Kakiemon flower-head, brown-line rim
11 5/8 in. (29.4 cm.) diameter, the dish (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 July 2007, lot 47 (the plate).
The Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and the Antique Company of New York; Sotheby's, New York, 10-11 November 2006, lot 193 (the dish).

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Lot Essay

The 'Red Dragon Service' was one of the first major dinner-services produced for the Saxon court. The earliest pieces were made around 1730, but the service was repeatedly supplemented.

For a similar plate, see The Hoffmeister Collection, Part I, Bonham's, London, 25 November 2009, lot 39.

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