Baroque serving dish, Nymphenbur
Baroque serving dish, Nymphenburg, c. 1745, presumably from the court service, likely painted by Joseph Zächenberger, featuring a lavish bouquet of roses surrounded by small flowering branches, a large moth, and a dragonfly; the lobed rim is painted with additional flowers, including an ornate scroll border, outlined in blue, gilded, damaged, and previously restored, Ø 33.5 cm, The court service was produced for Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777. Lit.: Alfred Ziffer, Nymphenburg Porcelain: The Bäuml Collection, 1997, p. 133, nos. 303–326.
Baroque serving dish, Nymphenburg, c. 1745, presumably from the court service, likely painted by Joseph Zächenberger, featuring a lavish bouquet of roses surrounded by small flowering branches, a large moth, and a dragonfly; the lobed rim is painted with additional flowers, including an ornate scroll border, outlined in blue, gilded, damaged, and previously restored, Ø 33.5 cm, The court service was produced for Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777. Lit.: Alfred Ziffer, Nymphenburg Porcelain: The Bäuml Collection, 1997, p. 133, nos. 303–326.