Design 17/20: Silver, Furniture & Ceramics
Design 17/20: Silver, Furniture & Ceramics
A Meissen Plate from the Swan Service, The Porcelain Circa 1738, The Decoration Later
Lot Closed
October 18, 06:35 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Meissen Plate from the Swan Service, The Porcelain Circa 1738, The Decoration Later
modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler, in low relief with two swimming swans among bulrushes with a crane in flight above, upon a spiral shell molded ground, the rim painted with the Brühl and Kolowrat-Krakowska arms and scattered flower sprigs, with a gilt border to the rim, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
diameter 9 in., 23 cm
Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was detected.