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Lot Essay
For pieces with similar HM (or MH) monograms which have appeared on the market, see the plate sold in these Rooms on 9th October 1973, lot 48; the plates sold by Sotheby's on 4th December 1973, lot 149; the tureen and cover by Sotheby's on 22nd 23rd February 1988, lot 334; the plates by Christie's Geneva on 16th November 1992, lot 164 (plate) and lot 300 (large plate); a double-lipped sauceboat by Christie's New York on 16th-18th November 1999, lot 322.
A plate with a monogram of this type (also with Pressnummer 16) is in the Hoffmeister Collection, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (see 'Meissener Porzellan Des 18. Jahrhunderts', Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister [Hamburg 1999], Vol I, no. 127) and a tray with a similar monogram is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
A plate with a monogram of this type (also with Pressnummer 16) is in the Hoffmeister Collection, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (see 'Meissener Porzellan Des 18. Jahrhunderts', Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister [Hamburg 1999], Vol I, no. 127) and a tray with a similar monogram is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.