CIRCA 1745-50, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMEN 61 AND 67

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THREE MEISSEN PORCELAIN ARMORIAL PLATES
CIRCA 1745-50, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMEN 61 AND 67
Painted with a crowned coat-of-arms in an escutcheon on a mound above rococo scroll supports surrounded by flower sprays, within an ozier-moulded border

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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

A plate from this service forms part of the Wark Collection in the Cummer Museum, Jacksonville (museum no. AG.1966.23.14), and is illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain, The Wark Collection, London, 2011, p. 463, no. 555, where it is confirmed that the arms are as yet unidentified. Another plate from this service was sold by Christie's, Geneva, on the 17 November 1980, lot 109.

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