Lot 1593 - A192 Collection Müller-Frei - mardi, 16. juin 2020, 14h00
RARE PLATE FOR COUNT HEINRICH VON BRÜHL
Meissen, ca. 1739–40.
The rim features the coat-of-arms of Count Heinrich von Brühl. Underglaze blue sword mark. Modeler's number 16, impressed.
D 22.2 cm.
Traces of scratches in the mirror.
Literature:
Ulrich Pietsch, Schwanenservice, Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Dresden 2000, p. 216 No. 158.
Exhibition:
Dresden 2000, Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, 6.5.-13.8. 2000, p. 216, No. 158.
Count Heinrich von Brühl (1700-1763), as the Prime Minister of Saxony and Poland, was one of the most prominent clients of the Meissen Manufactory, along with the Saxon Elector Friedrich August I (1696-1733), August the Strong, and was head of porcelain production.
His most extensive commission to go down in the history of the manufactory, was the Swan Service, created in 1738. The inventory of the Brühl Estate from 1765 listed thousands of service pieces (Pietsch 2000, pp. 237-269).
This plate probably belonged to a service that must have been created before or at the same time as the Swan Service. The coat-of-arms used here had been in Brühl's possession since his promotion to the rank of Imperial Count in May 1737. Unlike on the parts of the Swan Service, it is not combined as an Alliance coat-of-arms with that of Brühl's wife, Countess Maria Anna Franziska von Kolowrat-Krakowsky, whom he had already married in 1734. The modeler's number 16 clearly indicates that the plate dates from 1739 or later. The Museum für Kunsthandwerk in Frankfurt has a second plate from this service in its collections (Pietsch 2000, p. 216).
Literature:
Ulrich Pietsch, Schwanenservice, Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Dresden 2000, p. 216 No. 158.
Exhibition:
Dresden 2000, Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, 6.5.-13.8. 2000, p. 216, No. 158.
Count Heinrich von Brühl (1700-1763), as the Prime Minister of Saxony and Poland, was one of the most prominent clients of the Meissen Manufactory, along with the Saxon Elector Friedrich August I (1696-1733), August the Strong, and was head of porcelain production.
His most extensive commission to go down in the history of the manufactory, was the Swan Service, created in 1738. The inventory of the Brühl Estate from 1765 listed thousands of service pieces (Pietsch 2000, pp. 237-269).
This plate probably belonged to a service that must have been created before or at the same time as the Swan Service. The coat-of-arms used here had been in Brühl's possession since his promotion to the rank of Imperial Count in May 1737. Unlike on the parts of the Swan Service, it is not combined as an Alliance coat-of-arms with that of Brühl's wife, Countess Maria Anna Franziska von Kolowrat-Krakowsky, whom he had already married in 1734. The modeler's number 16 clearly indicates that the plate dates from 1739 or later. The Museum für Kunsthandwerk in Frankfurt has a second plate from this service in its collections (Pietsch 2000, p. 216).
CHF 7 000 / 9 000 | (€ 7 220 / 9 280)
Vendu pour CHF 23 480 (frais inclus)