TWO MEISSEN SERVING DISHES AND THREE PLATES AND ONE SOUP PLATE FROM THE 'RED DRAGON' SERVICE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

bidding is closed

Description

length of larger serving dish 12 1/2 in.
31.8 cm

each piece painted on the rim in shades of iron-red and heightened in gilding with two dragons alternating with precious objects, the center of each plate or soup plate with two long-tailed cockerels, crossed swords or crossed swords and star marks in underglaze-blue, the serving dishes with impressed numerals 26 or incised numeral 4 three plates inscribed in black K. Hok. Silberkammer. Together with a similarly decorated Meissen plate, outside decorated, and a German porcelain soup plate. 8 pieces.

Provenance

(the serving dishes and three plates), The Royal Court Pantry, Dresden