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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
The Swan Service was made for Heinrich Graf von Brühl (1700-1763), Prime Minister of Saxony and Director of the Meissen factory from 1733-63. Count Brühl commissioned the service in 1737 on the occasion of his marriage to Maria Anna Franziska von Kolowrat-Krakowska. The moulded decoration (a play on the 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 (see Meissener 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 Brühl family until after the Second World War. For an extensive discussion of the Swan service see Walter Fellman et al., Schwanen service, Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Exhibition Catalogue, Dresden, 2000.
A MEISSEN ARMORIAL PLATE FROM THE SWAN SERVICE
CIRCA 1738-39, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
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A MEISSEN ARMORIAL PLATE FROM THE SWAN SERVICE
CIRCA 1738-39, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein, the centre with two swans and a heron among bulrushes, waves, fish and shells, a small hut to the far left, with a heron in flight above, against a spirally-radiating shell-moulded ground, the border centred with the Brühl coat-of-arms with lion supporters and with scattered sprays and sprigs of indianische Blumen, within a shaped gilt-dentil rim (minute rim chip at 6 o'clock)
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1738-39, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein, the centre with two swans and a heron among bulrushes, waves, fish and shells, a small hut to the far left, with a heron in flight above, against a spirally-radiating shell-moulded ground, the border centred with the Brühl coat-of-arms with lion supporters and with scattered sprays and sprigs of indianische Blumen, within a shaped gilt-dentil rim (minute rim chip at 6 o'clock)
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Heinrich Count Brühl, Schloss Pförten.
Brought to you by
Emma Durkin
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