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CIRCA 1762, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 56
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A MEISSEN PIERCED DESSERT-PLATE FROM THE JAPANISCHE SERVICE
CIRCA 1762, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 56
The centre painted with a vignette of a wild cat on a grassy mound among flowering foliage, the well with blue feuille-de-choux ornament, the spirally-fluted border with pierced trellis-pattern panels below a shaped narrow yellow band border enriched with diaper ornament and edged with puce and grey scrolls, shaped gilt-line rim (small footrim chip, centre with minute scratches, areas of wear to centre and ribs of well, minute flaking to yellow enamel of border, very slight wear to gilt rim)
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1762, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 56
The centre painted with a vignette of a wild cat on a grassy mound among flowering foliage, the well with blue feuille-de-choux ornament, the spirally-fluted border with pierced trellis-pattern panels below a shaped narrow yellow band border enriched with diaper ornament and edged with puce and grey scrolls, shaped gilt-line rim (small footrim chip, centre with minute scratches, areas of wear to centre and ribs of well, minute flaking to yellow enamel of border, very slight wear to gilt rim)
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Friedrich II, King of Prussia (1712-1786)
Augustus Tulk (1810-1873)
Sold by order of the Govenors of the Sir William Perkins Educational Foundation, Christie's, London, 2nd October 1978, lot 108.
Augustus Tulk (1810-1873)
Sold by order of the Govenors of the Sir William Perkins Educational Foundation, Christie's, London, 2nd October 1978, lot 108.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium