A MEISSEN OCTAFOIL SAUCER-DISH from the St. Andrew the first called service, painted with three sprays of Holzchnitt Blumen among Gotzkowsky erhabene Blumen and with the Imperial Russian Arms and the cross of the Order of St. Andrew, gilt trellis-pattern rim, blue crossed swords mark and red wax Hermitage inventory mark, Pressnummer 21, circa 1740

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A MEISSEN OCTAFOIL SAUCER-DISH from the St. Andrew the first called service, painted with three sprays of Holzchnitt Blumen among Gotzkowsky erhabene Blumen and with the Imperial Russian Arms and the cross of the Order of St. Andrew, gilt trellis-pattern rim, blue crossed swords mark and red wax Hermitage inventory mark, Pressnummer 21, circa 1740
25cm. diam.

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Cf. Rainer Rückert, op. cit., fig. 482 for a similar piece from this large service given by Augustus III to Elizabeth I of Russia in 1744, some 440 pieces of the service are listed in an inventory, dated 5 November 1745, of certain properties belonging to the Imperial household of St. Petersburg. Several pieces from this service were sold in these Rooms, 7 May 1987, lots 190-194 and a pair of plates sold in our London Rooms, 30 September 1991, lot 250

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