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CIRCA 1737-41, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, DREHER'S MARK OF A CROSS WITHIN A CIRCLE TO THE FOOTRIM
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A MEISSEN ARMORIAL PLATE FROM THE SWAN SERVICE
CIRCA 1737-41, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, DREHER'S MARK OF A CROSS WITHIN A CIRCLE TO THE FOOTRIM
Modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein, of typical form, crisply moulded with two swans and a heron among bulrushes, a heron in flight above against a spiral shell-moulded ground, the border centred by the Brühl arms supported by lions below blue mantling, flanked by three sprays of flowers in the Kakiemon style and scattered flowerheads below a shaped gilt-dentil rim (small chip to rim at 11 o'clock, small areas of wear to glaze of lower part, blemish to left of heron in flight)
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1737-41, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, DREHER'S MARK OF A CROSS WITHIN A CIRCLE TO THE FOOTRIM
Modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein, of typical form, crisply moulded with two swans and a heron among bulrushes, a heron in flight above against a spiral shell-moulded ground, the border centred by the Brühl arms supported by lions below blue mantling, flanked by three sprays of flowers in the Kakiemon style and scattered flowerheads below a shaped gilt-dentil rim (small chip to rim at 11 o'clock, small areas of wear to glaze of lower part, blemish to left of heron in flight)
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anon., sale Fischer, Lucerne, 1975.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.