
Sophie von der Goltz
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Among the Kakiemon-style porcelain ordered by the Paris merchant, Rudolph Lemaire, and subsequently removed in April 1731 from the house of Carl Heinrich Graf von Hoym to the Japanese Palace, were numerous beakers and dishes in this style, as well as '549 ditto [Meßer Hefte] von diverser Mahlerey' [549 ditto (knife handles) with diverse painting](quoted by Claus Boltz, Hoym, Lemaire und Meißen - Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Dresdner Porzellansammlung, in Keramos 88 (1980), p. 47). The 1770 inventory of the Japanese Palace lists: 'Acht Dutzendt und 4. Stück bundt gemahlte dergl. [Meßer Heffte] haben auf beyden Seiten einen platten Streif, nebst Drey Stück großen, No. 338' (eight dozen and four of the same (knife handles) painted in colours with a flat stripe on both sides, along with three large pieces..] (quoted by Claus Boltz, Japanisches Palais-Inventar 1770 und Turmzimmer-Inventar 1769, in Keramos 153 (1996), p. 86).