A Vienna plate from the service intended for H.M. King George IV

1822, BLUE SHIELD MARK, PRESSNUMMERN 822 AND 0, INDISTINCT INCISED MARK AND PAINTER'S I38. IN PUCE

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A Vienna plate from the service intended for H.M. King George IV
1822, blue shield mark, Pressnummern 822 and 0, indistinct incised mark and painter's i38. in puce
The broad buff border painted with three luxuriant bouquets falling over the richly gilt well burnished with arches and trefoils and flanked by three pale-mauve ground circular gilt medallions containing a white rose, thistle and shamrock flanked by gilt anthemion within a gilt line rim
9¾in. (24.5cm.) diam.

拍品專文

This service was ordered by the Austrian Court as a present for King George IV of England on the occasion of his visit to the Vienna porcelain factory. Made between 1821 and 1824 it consisted of 316 pieces. As George IV preferred several cases of Tokay wine instead, the service was never presented to him. It was sent to Thailand and Japan with the East Asia expedition, where it was sold separately. A tureen and cover was exhibited in the 'Biedermeier in Oesterreich', Vienna 1963 exhibition, see the exhibition catalogue, Wilhelm Mrazek, Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864, no. 704; see also Sotheby's, 17 March 1987, lot 304 for a tureen and cover.