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Lot 1642 Dα

A Meissen porcelain plate with a parrot and a Bolognese dog

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.875 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain plate with a parrot and a Bolognese dog

Scalloped plate with moulded rim. The lip decorated with gilt rimmed brown acanthus tendrils and shell motifs, the well with a depiction of a parrot and a barking Bolognese dog. Numerous insects conceal minor flaws in the mass. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's number 22. A small rim restoration at 11 o'clock, the basal ring partially restored. D 23.9 cm.
Circa 1740.

The Dresden Porcelain Collection houses several items from a tea and coffee service with this decor. A dinner service with the same decoration was unknown until the publication of the catalogue of the Ole Olsen collection in 1927. This Danish collection housed over 50 items from the service.

Provenance

Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen, acquired from Christie's, London, 13th March 1989, lot 195.

Literature

Illus. in cat.: Blütenlese. Meißener Porzellan aus der Sammlung Tono Dreßen, München 2018, p. 61, no. 34.