A pair of outside-decorated Meissen topographical plates and a Berlin topographical plate, first-half 19th century

one painted with a view of the port of Hamburg showing the spire St. Michaelis Church and a stretching group of ship masts, the other showing the Chamber of Commerce building in Hamburg, within pink-striped borders, script titles, cancelled-crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised marks, impressed numerals; the Berlin plate painted in monochrome with a Church view within a moulded dentil border at rim picked out in gilding, sceptre mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral,

the Berlin plate, The Arthur Hurst Collection, sold Sotheby's London, 5th July 1940, lot 217 (part-lot);
acquired at the above sale.

In overall good condition and appearance. A minor area of rubbing to plate painted with a view of the Hamburg commerce building.
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