Lot 37
37
TWO MEISSEN PLATES, painted with a spaniel barking at a brightly plumaged parrot eating cherries on a perch surrounded by scattered insects within a shaped border of brown and gilt scrolling foliage and shells (minor rubbing to enamels and gilt rims), blue crossed swords marks, Pressnummer 16, circa 1745

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TWO MEISSEN PLATES, painted with a spaniel barking at a brightly plumaged parrot eating cherries on a perch surrounded by scattered insects within a shaped border of brown and gilt scrolling foliage and shells (minor rubbing to enamels and gilt rims), blue crossed swords marks, Pressnummer 16, circa 1745
23.5cm. and 24cm. diam. (2)

Lot Essay

Possibly inspired by a design already adopted on Chinese export porcelain Cf. the cup and saucer in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cope Bequest, no. 643-1903. See also Hermann Schmitz, Ole Olsens Kunstsammlungen, Vol. II, no. 1462 and a pair similar sold in these Rooms, 1 March 1993, lot 192

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