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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE MADE FOR GRAF FINCK VON FINCKENSTEIN
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE MADE FOR GRAF FINCK VON FINCKENSTEIN

CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMERN 22 TO ONE PLATE

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE MADE FOR GRAF FINCK VON FINCKENSTEIN
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMERN 22 TO ONE PLATE
Moulded with the Dulong pattern, the borders painted with four vignettes of birds within garlanded terracing, the centre with a bouquet of fruit and flowers, within blue feuilles-de-choux and gilt-line rims (one plate with two minute rim chips, minute wear to gilt rims)
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) wide (2)

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These plates are from a service ordered by Frederick The Great of Prussia for Graf Karl Wilhelm von Finckenstein (1714-1800). Karl Wilhelm was the Prussian Ambassador to the Courts at Stockholm, Copenhagen and St. Petersburg, and later went on to become first Cabinet Minister.

At least half of the service was sold at Sotheby's, London, 22 February 1988, lot 382. For a tureen from this service in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, see Karl Berling, Meissner Porzellan, Leipzig, 1900, p. 113, fig. 165. A plate from the service is illustrated by D. Hoffmeister, Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister, Hamburg, 1999, Vol. I, no. 219.