THE PLATE CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK, PRESSNUMMER 12; THE CUP AND SAUCER CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S / TO THE CUP AND XX TO THE SAUCER

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN 'BIENENMUSTER' PLATE AND A PURPUR GROUND CUP AND SAUCER
THE PLATE CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK, PRESSNUMMER 12; THE CUP AND SAUCER CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S / TO THE CUP AND XX TO THE SAUCER
THE FIRST BOLDLY PAINTED WITH A VIGNETTE OF A RIBBON-TIED BOUQUET AND THREE BUTTERFLIES WITHIN OZIER-MOLDED BORDER, GILT LINE RIM; THE SECOND IN THE KAKIEMON STYLE WITH BIRDS AMONG FLOWERING BRANCHES, WITHIN BROWN AND GILT LINE RIMS; TOGETHER WITH A MODERN MEISSEN KAKIEMON LOZENGE-SHAPED DISH
9½ IN. (24.1 CM.) DIAMETER (4)

Provenance

ANONYMOUS SALE; SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK, 25 OCTOBER 1991, LOT 304.

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Lot Essay

FOR SIMILAR PLATES, SEE J. JEFFERSON MILLER II AND R. RüCKERT, CATALOGUE OF THE HANS SYZ COLLECTION, VOL. I, P. 175, NO. 101; E. ZIMMERMANN, MEISSENER PORZELLAN P. 116, PL. 28; AND CHRISTIE'S, GENEVA, 13 NOVEMBER 1989, LOT 105. ALSO SEE R. RüCKERT, MEISSENER PORZELLAN, PL. 118, NO. 475 FOR AN ARMORIAL TRAY IN THIS PATTERN.

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