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Lot 1626 Dα

A Meissen porcelain plate from a service made for Johann Christian von Hennicke

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 3.500 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain plate from a service made for Johann Christian von Hennicke

The scalloped lip decorated with the recipient's coat-of-arms flanked by gold and blue acanthus scrolls. The centre with a Chinoiserie landscape in a circular surround. Blue crossed swords mark, pressnummer 21, incised I in the basal ring. With minor wear to the glaze. D 25.8 cm.
Around 1740.

Johann Christian Hennicke (1681 - 1752) became a mining councillor in the Electorate of Saxony in 1718 and was knighted in 1728 on account of his merits. Under the influence of Count Heinrich von Brühl, he was appointed vice-director and manufactory manager in Meissen in 1739. In keeping with his background and career, he chose a rather modest decor for his service. How extensive the service intended for him originally was, we can no longer trace today. Occasionally, individual pieces turn up on the market.

Provenance

Private collection, Palatinate.

Literature

Two platters and a spoon formerly noused in the Hoffmeister collection, Hamburg 1999, nos. 350-351, 352.
Two dishes in the Arnhold Collection (in Cassidy-Geiger, London 2008, no. 327).
A further plate from this service in the collection of Tono and Renate Dreßen, auctioned by Lempertz Cologne, on 13.11.2020, lot 646.