A MEISSEN PLATE FROM THE SWAN SERVICE modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein for Count Brühl, the shell-patterned surface moulded with swans among bulrushes, herons, fish and shells, the border painted with indianische Blumen flanking the Arms and the shaped rim enriched with gilding, blue crossed swords mark, Dreher's mark of a quartered circle, circa 1737-41

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A MEISSEN PLATE FROM THE SWAN SERVICE modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein for Count Brühl, the shell-patterned surface moulded with swans among bulrushes, herons, fish and shells, the border painted with indianische Blumen flanking the Arms and the shaped rim enriched with gilding, blue crossed swords mark, Dreher's mark of a quartered circle, circa 1737-41
22.8cm. diam.

Provenance

Dr. Joseph Kler, New York, sale Sotheby's New York, 27 April 1984, lot 33

Exhibited

Orlando Museum of Art, Catalogue no. 49

Lot Essay

The Arms are those of Heinrich, Count von Brühl (1700-1763), Director of the Meissen factory from 1733-63, and his wife Francisca Kollowrat-Krakowska whom he married in 1737

Cf. Rückert (1966), nos. 508-513 for other pieces from the Swan Service, two plates of similar size sold in these Rooms, 13 March 1989, lots 200 and 201 and Christie's Geneva, 8 May 1989, lots 107 and 108

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