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A pair of Meissen armorial dessert dishes, 19th century.
Hammer price
14 000SEK
Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK

Underglaze blue factory mark. Inpressed no 47. Lobed rim, with a pierced decoration of water lillies surrounding the central mirror that is decorated with swans and cranes in a pond with fishes. Finely painted and gilded decoration, central coat of arms in acollé with the arms of von Sachsen and the coat of arms of Sweden beneath a royal coronet. Diameter 24.5 cm.

Provenance

The plates are from a dinner service comissioned as a wedding service on the coronation of prins Albert of Sachsen and his wife Carola (granddaughter of the Swedish King Gustav IV Adolf).

Literature

Made with inspiration from the Swan service, designed by JJ Kändler and JF Eberlein 1737-1741.

For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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