A MEISSEN ARMORIAL PLATE FROM THE SWAN SERVICE modelled by J. J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein for Count Brühl, crisply moulded with two swans swimming in rough water among shells and fish beside two clumps of bulrushes and a heron with a fish in its beak, another in flight above, the whole surface with spirally-fluted shell moulding, the border with the Arms and scattered indianische Blumen within a shaped rim enriched with gilding, blue crossed swords mark, Dreher's .., 1737

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A MEISSEN ARMORIAL PLATE FROM THE SWAN SERVICE modelled by J. J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein for Count Brühl, crisply moulded with two swans swimming in rough water among shells and fish beside two clumps of bulrushes and a heron with a fish in its beak, another in flight above, the whole surface with spirally-fluted shell moulding, the border with the Arms and scattered indianische Blumen within a shaped rim enriched with gilding, blue crossed swords mark, Dreher's .., 1737
9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The Arms are those of Heinrich, Count von Brühl (1700-1763), Director of the Meissen factory from 1735-63 and his wife Francisca Kolowrat Krakowska whom he married in 1737

Cf. the example from the Anderson Collection, sale Christie's London, 1 June 1992, lot 46

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