A MEISSEN ARMORIAL SOUP-PLATE FROM THE SWAN SERVICE
CIRCA 1738-39, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, DREHER'S QUARTERED CIRCLE MARK TO FOOTRIM
Modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein, the centre with two swans and a heron among bulrushes, waves, fish and shells, a small hut to the far left, with a heron in flight above, against a spirally-radiating shell-moulded ground, the border centred with the Brühl coat-of-arms with lion supporters and with scattered sprays and sprigs of indianische Blumen, within a shaped gilt-dentil rim (small flat chip to underside of rim at 9.30 o'clock)
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
A MEISSEN ARMORIAL SOUP-PLATE FROM THE SWAN SERVICE
CIRCA 1738-39, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, DREHER'S QUARTERED CIRCLE MARK TO FOOTRIM
Modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein, the centre with two swans and a heron among bulrushes, waves, fish and shells, a small hut to the far left, with a heron in flight above, against a spirally-radiating shell-moulded ground, the border centred with the Brühl coat-of-arms with lion supporters and with scattered sprays and sprigs of indianische Blumen, within a shaped gilt-dentil rim (small flat chip to underside of rim at 9.30 o'clock)
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
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