拍品專文
The decoration of these salts appears to be related to a service reputedly made for Frederick The Great of Prussia, although it is still unclear if the service was made for him or not. Fifty-eight pieces of the service were sold in these Rooms on 28th November 1977, lots 99-119, and a further two plates from the Otto Höffer Collection on 5th July 2004, lot 69. A related service, made for the Duke of Northumberland or Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, the British Envoy, is discussed and illustrated by T.H. Clarke, 'Das Northumberland-Service aus Meissener Porzellan', Keramos, No. 70, October 1975, pp. 9-77, and 'Sir Charles Hanbury Williams and the Chelsea Factory' English Ceramic Circle Transactions, 1988, Vol. 13, part 2, pp. 110-120.