A pair of Meissen botanical plates painted with radishes and brassica in the manner of the “Bruhlsche Allerlei” service, Circa 1740-45
A pair of Meissen botanical plates painted with radishes and brassica in the manner of the “Bruhlsche Allerlei” service with “ombrierte” vegetables, insects, caterpillars, ladybirds, beetles and butterflies within an “ozier- moulded” border.
Marks:
Cross swords mark in underglaze blue
Impressed numerals 20 & 21
Incised // to footrim of dish with radishes
Impressed numeral 20 (brassica) and numeral 21 (radishes)
Provenance
Private English CollectionLiterature
See: the detailed and botanically accurate painting of the vegetable subjects on these dishes 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.