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A Meissen plate from the 'Ziethen' service circa 1761
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Find your local specialistA Meissen plate from the 'Ziethen' service
Of 'preußisch-musikalischen' design, moulded with alternating panels of musical, floral and military trophies within gilt-edged rocailles, reserved with a green scale-ground and gilt dentil border to the rim, a flower spray in the centre, 26.5cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed 22
Footnotes
Provenance:
Acquired in 1994
Literature:
Hoffmeister 1999, I, no. 228
Exhibited:
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1999-2009
This service is said to have been given by Frederick to one of the most renowned Prussian generals, and one of his favourites, Hans Joachim von Ziethen (1699-1786). Until recently, only a handful of pieces were recorded in the literature, including eighteen formerly in the collection of Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (sold by Ball & Graupe, Berlin, 25 March 1931, lot 625). In 2006, over 150 pieces from the service were sold with the contents of Shrubland Park, Suffolk, where they had been since at least 1860 (Sotheby's, Shrubland Park, Suffolk, 19-21 September 2006, lot 821), where they were acquired for the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (Wittwer 2006). See also footnote to lot 101.
