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THE SWAN SERVICE - THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOT 662)
The Swan service was made for Count Brühl (1700-1763), the Prime Minister of Saxony and director of the Meissen factory from 1733-63. Brühl commissioned the service in 1737 on the occasion of his marriage to Maria Anna Franziska von Kolowrat-Krakowska. The molded decoration (a play on word Brühl, meaning 'watery') was carried out by J.J. Kändler with the assistance of J.F. Eberlein. It would appear to be the largest service produced in the 18th century and Rainer Rückert (Meissen Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, p. 118) estimates its original size to have been between 2,200 and 2,400 pieces. The service remained in the possession of the family until after the Second World War.
PROVENANCE
Heinrich Count von Brühl (1700-1763), and thence by descent.
Acquired from the Antique Porcelain Co., New York, approximately 1950.
THREE MEISSEN PORCELAIN LARGE DISHES FROM THE 'SWAN SERVICE'
CIRCA 1737-1741, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS TO ALL, TWO WITH IMPRESSED DREHER'S :: MARK, ONE OF THESE ALSO WITH DREHER'S TO THE FOOTRIM
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THREE MEISSEN PORCELAIN LARGE DISHES FROM THE 'SWAN SERVICE'
CIRCA 1737-1741, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS TO ALL, TWO WITH IMPRESSED DREHER'S :: MARK, ONE OF THESE ALSO WITH DREHER'S TO THE FOOTRIM
Each finely molded with swans and herons either swimming, perched among or flying above reeds and water, the border the Brühl coat-of-arms among indianische Blumen, within an undulating gilt enriched rim
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.), 11 7/8 in. (30.1 cm.) and 12 in. (30.4 cm.) diameter, respectively (3)
CIRCA 1737-1741, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS TO ALL, TWO WITH IMPRESSED DREHER'S :: MARK, ONE OF THESE ALSO WITH DREHER'S TO THE FOOTRIM
Each finely molded with swans and herons either swimming, perched among or flying above reeds and water, the border the Brühl coat-of-arms among indianische Blumen, within an undulating gilt enriched rim
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.), 11 7/8 in. (30.1 cm.) and 12 in. (30.4 cm.) diameter, respectively (3)
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