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Lot 159

A large Meissen dish from the Seydewitz service, circa 1743

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A large Meissen dish from the Seydewitz service, circa 1743

Painted in the centre with the arms of von Seydewitz surrounded by scattered indianische Blumen and insects, 34.3cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised Dreher's mark for Johann Christoph Fleischer (short haircrack to rim)

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From the service for Reichsgraf August Friedrich von Seydewitz (1695-1775), a Saxon and subsequently Imperial Court Councillor. The von Seydewitz family were created Barons in 1731 and Counts of the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsgrafen) on 23 February 1743, providing a terminus post quem for the decoration of this service. A small dish from the service was sold in these Rooms from the Hoffmeister Collection, 24 November 2010, lot 79.

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