Lot Essay
The arms are those of Landgraf Leopold von Hessen-Darmstadt and his wife Henriette Maria, Duchess of Modena
Another dish with the same arms but with a faceted rim was sold in our Geneva Rooms on 16 November 1992, lot 255; and another example is in the Stadtisches Reiss-Museum, Mannheim, see Dr. Franz Swoboda, Die Grosse Gögginger Fayence-Platte, pl. 1 and III, pp. 1-16
Another dish with the same arms but with a faceted rim was sold in our Geneva Rooms on 16 November 1992, lot 255; and another example is in the Stadtisches Reiss-Museum, Mannheim, see Dr. Franz Swoboda, Die Grosse Gögginger Fayence-Platte, pl. 1 and III, pp. 1-16