Live Auction 20036Two Private Collections of European Ceramics, Gold Boxes and Silver
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN LARGE ARMORIAL KAKIEMON SHAPED CIRCULAR DISH FROM THE HENNICKE SERVICE
Lot 125

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN LARGE ARMORIAL KAKIEMON SHAPED CIRCULAR DISH FROM THE HENNICKE SERVICE

CIRCA 1735-38, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, DREHER'S /// AND QUARTERED CIRCLE MARK

Closed16 December 2021

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN LARGE ARMORIAL KAKIEMON SHAPED CIRCULAR DISH FROM THE HENNICKE SERVICE
CIRCA 1735-38, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, DREHER'S /// AND QUARTERED CIRCLE MARK
Decorated with a central Kakiemon roundel within a double line rim, with a coat-of-arms to the border within a brown line rim

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 April 1971, lot 71.

Specialist note


Johann Christian Hennicke (1681-1752) was Count Brühl's favourite henchman, and was knighted in 1728 by the Holy Roman Emperor. This service was made for him shortly before he became the deputy director of the Meissen factory in 1739, and the coat-of-arms on the service denotes his position as a knight. He was made a baron in 1741, and then a count in 1745.

For a pair of chargers and a porcelain spoon from this service, see Dieter Hoffmeister, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister, Hamburg, 2000, Vol. II, pp. 532-535, nos. 350-353. A charger from the service was sold by Bonhams, London, on 24 November, 2010, lot 69.