
Meissen botanical plate painted with a turnip in the manner of the “Bruhlsche Allerlei” service, Circa 1740-45
Meissen botanical plate painted with a turnip in the manner of the “Bruhlsche Allerlei” service with “ombrierte” vegetables, scattered with leaves and insects including butterflies and a ladybird within an “ozier- moulded” border.
Marks: Cross Swords mark in underglaze blue
Impresssed numeral 16
Provenance
Private English CollectionLiterature
See: the detailed and botanically accurate painting of the vegetable subjects on this dish is similar to that of the fruit and vegetables on the Meissen Service made for Heinrich, Count von Bruhl, circa 1742-46, which has the addition of flower sprays and a different moulded border.
See: Johanna Lessmann, “Das Bruhlsche Allerlei” Ein Service fur Heinrich Graf von Bruhl, in Ulrich Pietsch (ed)., Schwanenservice, Meissener Porzellan fur Heinrich Graf von Bruhl, ex. Cat., Dresden, 2000, pp. 106-123.
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