AN ASSEMBLED MEISSEN 'BIENENMUSTER' PART DINNER SERVICE CIRCA 1740-45

each piece painted in a Kakiemon palette with a bowknotted bouquet of oriental flowers suspended above a grassy plateau and three colorful butterflies, the Alt-Ozier-molded rim painted with small scattered blossoms, comprising: a tureen and cover, four 13½-inch circular platters, four 12-inch circular platters, a 10¼-inch circular platter, two 11¼-inch circular dishes, two 9½-inch circular dishes, two 8½-inch circular dishes and twenty-five dinner plates, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, some with impressed numerals. Some restoration and some flaking to the enamels. 42 pieces.