Beschreibung:

A MEISSEN OCTAGONAL PLATE FROM THE CHRISTIE-MILLER SERVICE CIRCA 1742, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 22 The centre painted with a Venetian scene after Melchior Küsel , the foreground with three merchants at discussion on a quayside before palaces, further merchants on a lower quay before boats and ships within a black line octagonal reserve, the well with gilt diaper-pattern reserved with four quatrefoil panels painted in puce camaïeu with landscapes and a harbour scene within a border painted with two landscapes, a Venetian harbour scene and figures on a terrace before buildings and a distant mountainous landscape within black and gilt line quatrefoil cartouches on a ground of gilt ombriete foliage scrolls, shells and lines, gilt line rim (slight wear to well in five places) 9½ in. (24 cm.) wide