Lot #756 - A Rare 18th Century Meissen Armorial Pickle Dish
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Auction House:Webb's
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Sale Name:Interiors: Decorative Arts
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Sale Date:28 Feb 2013 ~ 6.00pm (NZ Time)
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Lot #:756
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Lot Description:A Rare 18th Century Meissen Armorial Pickle Dish
from the Swan service. Finely painted floral sprays and an amorial crest around a low relief pattern of moulded swans. Together with a porcelain handled fork with matching armorial crest. Blue mark, c.1740. The Swan service was ordered in 1736 for the director of the Meissen factory , Heinrich Graf von Bruhl. Almost every piece is painted with the marriage arms of Bruhl and his wife Maria Anna Franziska von Kolowrat-Krakowska, who married in 1734. The service originally comprised of over 2,200 pieces. -
Estimate:NZ$1,000 - 2,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Ceramics & Porcelain
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