Meissen Swan Service With Indian Flowers With High Karat Gold 3 Piece Covered Soup Set

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Meissen's Swan Service with Gold Rim and Scattered Indian Flowers porcelain

Stunning three piece set of RARE Individual Covered Soup … Read more Meissen's Swan Service with Gold Rim and Scattered Indian Flowers porcelain

Stunning three piece set of RARE Individual Covered Soup Bowls with under Plate!
Made in Germany - Genuine Meissen see back stamp
Unique and hard to find!!

3 pieces included;
1 Covered Soup bowl with Lid - 4.5" dia, 6" across from handle to handle, and 4" high
1 Saucer - 6.5" in dia

From Meissen in Germany Website about this special collection of dishes and it's history.

It is the most spectacular testimonial to a dazzling, bygone era, the opus magnum of German Baroque art: the “Swan Service” by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Commissioned in 1737 by Count Heinrich von Brühl, Prime Minister under King Augustus III and later head supervisor of the royal porcelain manufactory, the service of the century needed five years until completion. Never before had an ensemble of this scale been created, and with such a lavish wealth of sculptural details. The original service, designed for 100 people, comprised more than 2200 pieces. The pair of namesake birds, swimming through reeds, appear in porcelain relief, for which Kaendler took inspiration from drawings and etchings in collections in the nearby capital and royal seat of Dresden. Still formed and painted by hand in the Meissen manufactory, this one-of-a-kind service from the royal court of August III brings Baroque banquet culture into the present – steeped in Meissen’s tradition

"The 'Swan Service' from MEISSEN brings the style and grandeur of the Baroque banquet table into the present - a page from the illustrious tradition of Europe's oldest porcelain make. The core motif of the wide-range "Swan Service" is rippling water, symbolizing the eternal wellspring of life. The surface of each piece is finished with a delicate, intricate wave relief that accentuates the high-quality Meissen porcelain."

The "Indian Flower Branches" is one of the most beloved decorative features of the Meissen manufactory. Modeled after East-Asian archetypes of "Indian" painting, the floral motif abounds with symbolism. The lotus flower, a token of purity and enlightenment, occupies a prominent position. The pure, unblemished blossom that rises beaming from out of the mud is a symbol whose metaphorical meaning unfolds on Meissen porcelain. Reproducing the blossom petals on the relief surface demands the most delicate brushwork from the manufactory painters. The decorative process is topped off by specialized gold painters, who accentuate the contours of each piece with a rim of real, high karat gold. See less