A rare Meissen armorial plate, circa 1755-60
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A rare Meissen armorial plate, circa 1755-60
Painted with the arms of a French Count in the centre, on a landscape vignette supported by coloured scrollwork with trailing flowers, enclosed by sprigs of deutsche Blumen, gilt-edged, lobed basketwork rim, 26.5cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed 61
Estimate:
£1,000 - 1,500
€1,200 - 1,800
US$ 1,500 - 2,300

Footnotes

  • Two other plates from the service were sold by Christie's London, 28 June 1976, lot 111.

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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