A Meissen serving dish from the Schwerin service. - image-1

Lot 688 Dα

A Meissen serving dish from the Schwerin service.

Auction 1039 - overview Cologne
14.11.2014, 14:30 - Porcelain, Ceramics, and Furniture
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 2.480 € (incl. premium)

A Meissen serving dish from the Schwerin service.

Of French design, decorated with festoons and flowers. Blue crossed swords mark, impressed letter H. The gilding slightly rubbed. L 44 cm.
1762/63.

Frederick II ordered a dessert service with forget-me-not decor during the Seven Year's War, and received the matching dinner service in November 1762. He gave it away as a gift to Oberstallmeister Baron Freidrich Albert of Schwerin on 24th January 1781.

Provenance

King Frederick II of Prussia
Baron Friedrich Albert of Schwerin

Literature

Cf. Wittwer in Keramos 208 / 2011, p. 63 f. Here illus. under no. 57 together with a tureen and serving dish.