CIRCA 1870, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED 7159

For another example of this rare platinum and tortoise-shell ground combination, see Property from the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc, Christie's, New York, 21 March 1997, lot 29. Also see Dr. K. Berling, Meissen China, An Illustrated History, New York, 1972, p. 91, fig. 229.