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A PAIR OF MEISSEN TOPOGRAPHICAL SOUP-PLATES FROM THE ‘STADHOUDER' SERVICE
Lot 138

A PAIR OF MEISSEN TOPOGRAPHICAL SOUP-PLATES FROM THE ‘STADHOUDER' SERVICE

CIRCA 1772-1774, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARKS, L. BELOW THE FIRST AND A LINE BELOW THE SECOND

Closed6 July 2016

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN TOPOGRAPHICAL SOUP-PLATES FROM THE ‘STADHOUDER' SERVICE
CIRCA 1772-1774, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARKS, L. BELOW THE FIRST AND A LINE BELOW THE SECOND
Each painted with a named view, 'De Dam, met het Stadhuis/en de Waagte Amsterdam.' and 'Het Huiswelte Vreede/van Voorentezien', within a gilt and ochre rocaille cartouche, the border painted with bouquets within oval gilt foliate scroll cartouches, within a blue feathered border and gilt dentil rim (very minor wear to gilding)
9 1/8 in. (23.3 cm.) diam.

Willem V of Orange, Stadhouder of the United Provinces of Holland.
William Beckford Collection, Fonthill Abbey, sold at the Abbey, 1st October 1823.

Specialist note

The present dishes are from the 'Stadhouder' or 'Holländischen' service, made for Stadhouder Wilhelm V of Holland as a gift from the Dutch East India Company. See footnote to the following lot. A bowl from the service is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, pl. 153, no. 654 and a plate from the service was sold in these Rooms on 16 November 2010, lot 162.