Rare dessert plate from the Art Nouveau "van de Velde" service by Meissen Round, slightly recessed shape with open-worked rim and curved, partly raised so-called "whip-cut decoration" with subtle fine-line underglaze blue painting. Designed by Henry van de Velde, around 1903, with embossed design signet on the reverse. Blue paint number "71". Various press numbers. Minimally production-related stress cracks. Centreboard mark. D. 23.5 cm. Unusually rare plate from an Art Nouveau dinner service created by the important architect and designer Henry van de Velde (1863-1957) around 1902 to 1904. The "dessert plate" model, of all things, proved to be too expensive, which is why it was not produced in series. With van de Velde's progressive design language and the functional combination with the material, one of the most important services of modernity was created. A dessert plate made of white porcelain can be found in the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. Cf. cat. Exh. Grassi-Museum, Jugendstil bis Gegenwart, p. 40f.; Just, Meissener Jugendstil Porzellan, no. 90; Cat. From the Origins, pp. 514f.; cf. cat. Bröhan-Museum, Berlin Porcelain from Art Nouveau to Functionalism, p.56f. A rare Art Nouveau dessert plate designed by H. van de Velde with so-called whiplash decor. Impressed artist's sign. Minor production-related cracks. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Early 20th century.