Lot 111
A Meissen plate from the Fink von Finkenstein service, circa 1760
7 December 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,750 inc. premium
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A Meissen plate from the Fink von Finkenstein service, circa 1760
Moulded with the 'Dulong' pattern, reserved with four panels around the rim, finely painted with birds in landscapes enclosed by trellis and flowers, the centre painted with fruit, flowers and leaves, the gilt-edged rim heightened in blue, 25cm diam., crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed 22
Footnotes
From a service for the Prussian Minister of State and Envoy, Count Karl Wilhelm Fink von Finkenstein (1714-1800), one of Frederick the Great's most trusted circle. He was Prussian envoy to the courts in Stockholm, Denmark and St. Petersburg. He was the recipient of the famous order of 1757 in which the king specified what was to happen in the event of his death. The service was probably a gift from the king himself; see also Britzke 2007, p. 24, for another plate from the service. Three further plates were sold in these Rooms, 3 December 2008, lot 166, and a plate from the service was sold from the Hoffmeister Collection, 25 November 2009, lot 98.
