CIRCA 1741, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 20

Details

A MEISSEN OCTAFOIL PLATE
CIRCA 1741, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 20
Moulded with Gotzkowsky erhabene Blumen and painted with five groups of Holzschnitt Blumen within a gilt diaper border (slight wear to gilt rim)
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) wide

Provenance

With Caviglia, Lugano.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This plate appears to be from the same service as lot 115. A service with the same decoration was sold by Christie's New York on 17th June 1980, lots 210-222. Moulded Gotzkowsky erhabene Blumen decoration was first developed by J.F. Eberlein in 1741 for a service for the German merchant Gotzkowsky.

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