A Meissen porcelain dinner plate and side dish from the dinner service for Count Finck von Finckenstein

A Meissen porcelain dinner plate and side dish from the dinner service for Count Finck von Finckenstein

Decorated with Continental birds in water landscapes framed by floral arbours and a fruit and flower still life in the centre. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's number 22 (plate) and 61 (dish). Minor scratches, the gilt edges redone. D plate 25.2, D dish 21.8 cm.
C. 1760 - 63.

Both pieces originate from a dinner and dessert service presented by Friedrich II to his minister Karl Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein (1714 – 1800).

Provenance

Acquired in 1988 from Heinz Reichert, Munich. Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.

Literature

Illus. in cat.: Blütenlese, Berlin-Munich 2018, no. 112. Cf. the tureen from this service in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (in: Berling, Meissner Porzellan, Leipzig 1900, p. 113, illus. 165) Cf. another plate, formerly housed in the Hoffmeister collection, in: Hoffmeister, Meissener Porzellan, Hamburg/Wilhelmshaven 1999, vol. 1, no. 219. Cf. also one deep dish, one shallow dish and one large round platter from this service sold by Lempertz Berlin, auction 937, on 9th May 2009, lot 154 – 156.