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A pair of Meissen leaf-shaped dishes, circa 1735-40
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.
Saleroom notices
Please note in addition the damage mentioned in the catalogue, the second plate has two chips to the underside of the rim.
