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Lot 98

A Meissen plate from the 'Fink von Finkenstein' service
circa 1760

25 November 2009, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen plate from the 'Fink von Finkenstein' service

circa 1760
Moulded with the 'Dulong' pattern, reserved with four panels around the rim, finely painted with birds in landscapes enclosed by trellis and flowers, the centre painted with fruit, flowers and leaves, the gilt-edged rim heightened in blue, 25.2cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed 22

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Provenance:
Probably a gift from Frederick the Great to Count Karl Wilhelm Fink von Finkenstein;
Acquired in 1994

Literature:
Hoffmeister 1999, I, no. 219

Exhibited:
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1999-2009

From a service for the Prussian Minister of State and Envoy, Count Karl Wilhelm Fink von Finkenstein (1714-1800), one of Frederick the Great's most trusted circle. He was Prussian envoy to the courts in Stockholm, Denmark and St. Petersburg. He was the recipient of the famous order of 1757 in which the king specified what was to happen in the event of his death. The service was probably a gift from the king himself; see also Britzke 2007, p. 24, for another plate from the service. Three further plates were sold in these Rooms, 3 December 2008, lot 166.

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