A MEISSEN ARMORIAL DISH FROM THE VON MÜNNICH SERVICE, the central Arms with the collar of the Order of St. Andrew above the motto OBSEQUIO/ET CANDORE surrounded by scattered indianische Blumen within a shaped Sulkowsky ozier border (very slight rubbing to gilding and enamels), blue crossed swords mark and indistinct Dreher's mark, circa 1738

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A MEISSEN ARMORIAL DISH FROM THE VON MÜNNICH SERVICE, the central Arms with the collar of the Order of St. Andrew above the motto OBSEQUIO/ET CANDORE surrounded by scattered indianische Blumen within a shaped Sulkowsky ozier border (very slight rubbing to gilding and enamels), blue crossed swords mark and indistinct Dreher's mark, circa 1738
29.5cm. diam

Lot Essay

From the service produced for Graf Burchard Christoph von Münnich a Field Marshall in the Russian army, exiled to Siberia by Empress Elizabeth in 1742

Cf. Rainer Rückert, op. cit., no. 479 for a box and cover from the Collection of Dr. Ernst Schneider; a saucer-dish sold in these Rooms, 2 March 1992, lot 130 and another sold Christie's Geneva, 10 November 1986, lot 156

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