Lot Essay
The arms and initials are those of the Elector Max III Joseph of Bavaria (1727-1777), who succeeded his father Karl Albrecht as Elector in 1745. (see footnote to preceding lot)
These meat-dishes are from a service by Bartemann of which nine similar meat-dishes and eleven shaped circular second-course dishes, all similarly engraved, are now in the Residenz Museum, Munich (see H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, vol. II, pl. 756 and 757 and vol. III nos. 2248 c and d)
These meat-dishes are from a service by Bartemann of which nine similar meat-dishes and eleven shaped circular second-course dishes, all similarly engraved, are now in the Residenz Museum, Munich (see H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, vol. II, pl. 756 and 757 and vol. III nos. 2248 c and d)