Sophie von der Goltz
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Lot 14*
A rare Meissen soup plate from the Swan Service, circa 1738
2 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£7,000 - £9,000
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A rare Meissen soup plate from the Swan Service, circa 1738
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler in low relief with swans swimming among bulrushes and a crane to the left with another in flight overhead, all on a shell-moulded ground, the rim painted with the arms of Brühl/Kolowrat-Krakowska, three flower sprigs and further scattered blooms, the rim with a gilt border, 24.2cm across, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed Dreher's mark of a cross, incised // inside footrim (very minor restoration to rim)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Purchased in 1994 at Galerie Röbbig, Munich
See footnote to preceding lot. Kaendler mentions the soup plate in his work reports in January 1738: "Für Ihro Reichs Gräfliche Excellenz den Herrn on Brühl zum Großen Service einen Suppen teller in Gestalt einer Muschel gefertiget, worinnen flach erhaben etwas Wasser zu sehen, worauf 2 Schwäne schwimmen, wie auch noch 2 Fischreiher und unterschiedliches Schilfwerk darinnen zu sehen ist" [for (Count Brühl) completed a soup plate for the large service in the form of a shell, in which some water can be seen in low relief on which two swans are swimming, as well as two cranes and various reeds] (quoted by U. Pietsch, Schwanenservice, 2000, p. 157).