A Meissen porcelain saucer with a man in the costume of Goethe's Werther

A Meissen porcelain saucer with a man in the costume of Goethe's Werther

Painted with a lady dressed as a shepherdess extending her hand to a man in the costume of Goethe's Werther. Blue crossed swords mark with star and 4. Minor glaze wear. D 12.4 cm.
Circa 1780 – 1790.

Provenance

"Auctioned by Christie's London on 18th November 1999, lot 144.
The Hiemisch collection."

Literature

Illustrated in Müller-Scherf, Werther-Porzellane in "Goethes Lotte. Ein Frauenleben um 1800", in: Keramos 181/2003, illus. 4.