CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 17

For a slightly earlier plate dated 1735-1738, see Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts: Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister, Hamburg, 1999, Band I, p. 334, no. 214; also the eight similar plates sold anoymously, Christie's, London, 2 October 1989, lots 115-178.