A PAIR OF MEISSEN ARMORIAL PLATES FROM THE MÜNCHHAUSEN SERVICE each painted in puce camaieu and lightly gilt with a fabulous beast surrounded by shrubs, butterflies and a bird within a shaped border with scattered flower-sprays, the Arms at the top, the rim with puce scrolls and a double gilt line (both with ground and re-gilt rim chips, slight rubbing), both with blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 16, circa 1740

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN ARMORIAL PLATES FROM THE MÜNCHHAUSEN SERVICE each painted in puce camaieu and lightly gilt with a fabulous beast surrounded by shrubs, butterflies and a bird within a shaped border with scattered flower-sprays, the Arms at the top, the rim with puce scrolls and a double gilt line (both with ground and re-gilt rim chips, slight rubbing), both with blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 16, circa 1740
23.5cm. diam. (2)

Exhibited

Orlando Museum of Art, Catalogue no. 51 (one only)

Lot Essay

The Arms are those of Freiherrn Karl Heronymus von Münchhausen (1720-1797)

Cf. Rückert (1966), no. 478 and Paul Schnydr von Wartensee, 'Meissner Wappenservice des 18 Jahrhunderts', Keramikfreunde der Schweiz, April 1960, Nr. 50, Abb. 131

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