Bonhams 1793 : A pair of Meissen leaf-shaped dishes, circa 1735-40

Each moulded with veins and painted in Kakiemon style with the 'Gelber Löwe' pattern and scattered flowers, 37.6cm across, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed 27 and 44, respectively (tiny rim chip, very minor wear) (2)

Sold for £5,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

Provenance:
Baron E. de Rothschild Collection, anon. sale, Christie's London, 28 March 1977, lot 81;
With M. & G. Ségal, Basel;
E.A. Titgemeyer Collection, Osnabrück, acquired from the above in 1977

A Meissen price list of 1731 refers to such dishes as 'ovale platte Muscheln zum Confect in Form eines doppelten Blattes' [an oval dish shell for confectionary in the form of a double leaf] as quoted by Dieter Hoffmeister, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhubderts: Sammlung Hoffmeister (1999), vol. I, no. 117. A similar dish from the Hoffmeister collection with the red squirrel pattern was sold in these Rooms, 25 November 2009, The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain Part I, lot 23.