CIRCA 1772-1774, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARKS, L. BELOW THE FIRST AND A LINE BELOW THE SECOND

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN TOPOGRAPHICAL SOUP-PLATES FROM THE ‘STADHOUDER' SERVICE
CIRCA 1772-1774, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARKS, L. BELOW THE FIRST AND A LINE BELOW THE SECOND
Each painted with a named view, 'De Dam, met het Stadhuis/en de Waagte Amsterdam.' and 'Het Huiswelte Vreede/van Voorentezien', within a gilt and ochre rocaille cartouche, the border painted with bouquets within oval gilt foliate scroll cartouches, within a blue feathered border and gilt dentil rim (very minor wear to gilding)
9 1/8 in. (23.3 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Willem V of Orange, Stadhouder of the United Provinces of Holland.
William Beckford Collection, Fonthill Abbey, sold at the Abbey, 1st October 1823.

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Lot Essay

The present dishes are from the 'Stadhouder' or 'Holländischen' service, made for Stadhouder Wilhelm V of Holland as a gift from the Dutch East India Company. See footnote to the following lot. A bowl from the service is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, pl. 153, no. 654 and a plate from the service was sold in these Rooms on 16 November 2010, lot 162.

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