A MEISSEN STYLE PSEUDO-ARMORIAL STRAWBERRY DISH AND STAND

CIRCA 1740

Details

A MEISSEN STYLE PSEUDO-ARMORIAL STRAWBERRY DISH AND STAND
CIRCA 1740
With a grisaille spider on its cobweb within a rocaille 'shield' above the motto INTERRUPTA RETEXAM, the pierced dish raised on three small feet
10¼ in. (26 cm.) diameter, the stand (2)

Literature

D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p. 132

Exhibited

Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1997

Lot Essay

As explained by D.S. Howard, op. cit., this from an extensive service decorated with a variety of intriguing pseudo-armorial devices with varying mottos. The original meaning or intent remains unclear. The service was sold by Christie's London for Major Sir George Burns at North Mymms Park, 24-27 September, 1979.

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