A Meissen porcelain dinner plate from the Münchhausen service
A Meissen porcelain dinner plate from the Münchhausen service
The upper border with a crowned monastic coat-of-arms on gold ground with purple acanthus. The centre with a fanciful chinoiserie beast motif resembling a kirin. Blue crossed swords mark. A vertical hairline crack to the well (12 cm), wear throughout. D 23.8 cm.
1745, decor after Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck.
Gerlach Adolf Freiherr von Münchhausen (1688 - 1770) gave thanks for the "magnifique Königl. Porcellain present" on 17th April 1745 (Hoffmeister 1999, vol. II, p. 602).
Münchhausen was born in Berlin and entered the services of the Prince Elector of Hannover, who was also King George II of England, in 1715. The King appointed Münchhausen privy councillor in 1727 and grand bailiff of the prefecture of Celle in 1732. Münchhausen began to play an increasingly important political role following the death of Emperor Charles VI and was highly regarded by both George II and his successor George III.
Dieter Hoffmeister mentions letters discovered by Claus Boltz in the Dresden state archives which state that Münchhausen was also essential in the negotiation of a loan of 3.5 million reichstaler from Brunswick to Saxony in 1745. The file also included correspondence between Count Hennicke and Baron Münchhausen from 4th January 1745 in which Hennicke asked the Baron to provide a sample of the Münchhausen coat-of-arms. This means that the present service must have been produced and delivered between January and April 1745.
Provenance
The Domanski Collection.
Literature
Cf. further plates from this service in the Arnhold Collection (cat. London 2008, no. 204 a-c, formerly collection of Paul v. Ostermann) and the former Hoffmeister collection (cat. Hamburg 1999, vol. II, no. 369). 26 of these plates were also formerly housed in the Klemperer collection.
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A Meissen porcelain dinner plate from the Münchhausen service
The upper border with a crowned monastic coat-of-arms on gold ground with purple acanthus. The centre with a fanciful chinoiserie beast motif resembling a kirin. Blue crossed swords mark. A vertical hairline crack to the well (12 cm), wear throughout. D 23.8 cm.
1745, decor after Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck.
Gerlach Adolf Freiherr von Münchhausen (1688 - 1770) gave thanks for the "magnifique Königl. Porcellain present" on 17th April 1745 (Hoffmeister 1999, vol. II, p. 602).
Münchhausen was born in Berlin and entered the services of the Prince Elector of Hannover, who was also King George II of England, in 1715. The King appointed Münchhausen privy councillor in 1727 and grand bailiff of the prefecture of Celle in 1732. Münchhausen began to play an increasingly important political role following the death of Emperor Charles VI and was highly regarded by both George II and his successor George III.
Dieter Hoffmeister mentions letters discovered by Claus Boltz in the Dresden state archives which state that Münchhausen was also essential in the negotiation of a loan of 3.5 million reichstaler from Brunswick to Saxony in 1745. The file also included correspondence between Count Hennicke and Baron Münchhausen from 4th January 1745 in which Hennicke asked the Baron to provide a sample of the Münchhausen coat-of-arms. This means that the present service must have been produced and delivered between January and April 1745.
Provenance
The Domanski Collection.
Literature
Cf. further plates from this service in the Arnhold Collection (cat. London 2008, no. 204 a-c, formerly collection of Paul v. Ostermann) and the former Hoffmeister collection (cat. Hamburg 1999, vol. II, no. 369). 26 of these plates were also formerly housed in the Klemperer collection.
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