Meissen Porcelain Courting Couple Cabinet Plate
A fine Meissen porcelain Relief-Moulded cabinet plate, Meissen, blue crossed swords mark, impressed 116, circa 1880 finely painted after Watteau with a vignette of an 18th century courting couple in a garden, the broad shaped border finely painted with four purpurmalerei puce harbour views within beaded cartouches alternating with floral and honeycomb panels above trellis and strapwork, the relief continuing into the periphery of the well, with a pale-green chain at the rim, marked to the underside. Diameter 9.25 in.
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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