Antique~Meissen Plate~Dish~X Swords Mark~early 19thc 1800s~Turquoise~Porcelain~























Description

Antique Meissen Dish
Early 19thc / 1800s
Blue crossed swords on the bottom *with cancelled lines going through the swords.
Beautifully painted with flowers and courting couples.
Ornate gold gilt detailing. 
This measures approx 18.7cm diameter.
Condition is very good. There is a little wear on rim areas to the gold gilding of the items. These are handpainted and all painting depicting scenes and flowers is intact, although there is a small amount of wear to the central area of turquoise paint. Please see images to look at this in close detail. This is non detractable and commensurate with age. 
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*The canceled swords
A canceled line often appears on a piece of Meissen either through or beside the crossed sword mark. This means the piece is supposed to be of inferior quality in either the painting or modeling. Some people say that Meissen used the canceled mark to increase turnover through price reduction. Others refer to the marks as a means of denoting a piece that has been given or sold to an outside decorator where it could be later painted (referred to as Outside Decorated). It can be very confusing for the collector. A piece given or sold to an outside decorator would be completely white in appearance.


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