Lot 14
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A MEISSEN ARMORIAL HEXAFOIL PLATE FROM THE VON PODEWILS SERVICE
A MEISSEN ARMORIAL HEXAFOIL PLATE FROM THE VON PODEWILS SERVICE

CIRCA 1741-2, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 21

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A MEISSEN ARMORIAL HEXAFOIL PLATE FROM THE VON PODEWILS SERVICE
CIRCA 1741-2, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 21
Painted in the Kakiemon style with scattered flower-sprays, the border with a coat-of-arms, the stepped rim moulded with gilt shells on each lobe
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Count von Podewils was the Prussian Ambassador to Copenhagen and Stockholm from 1728 to 1729, and a cabinet minister for foreign affairs in Friedrich Wilhelm I's court. A large part of this service was owned by Ole Olsens, see Herman Schmitz, Ole Olsens Art Collections, II, Munich, p. 34, no. 1463. For examples of this service in the Hoffmeister Collection see the Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister, Hamburg, 1999, II, pp. 536-537, nos. 353-357.

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