Rare Meissen dinner plate from the swan service Round shape with a matching curved rim. Slightly recessed centre with rising relief decoration of two swans facing each other, one standing in the reeds and a heron flying above. Indian blossom branches and scattered flowers on a flag in wave-shaped relief. Above the alliance coat of arms of Count Heinrich von Brühl and his wife Franziska von Kolowrat-Krakowsky. Polychrome painting with combed gold edging. Designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1736, moulded with four concentrically arranged dots. Old auction no.; Minim. rest.; Sword mark. D. 23 cm. The dinner service, originally comprising approx. 2200 pieces, commissioned by Heinrich Count von Brühl, director of the Meissen porcelain manufactory under August III, in 1736, is the most magnificent porcelain service of the 18th century and a central work of Meissen porcelain art. It was designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler and modelled between 1737 and 1741 with the help of his colleagues Johann Friedrich Eberlein and Johann Gottlieb Ehder. Other dinner plates in important collections. Including Dresden Porcelain Collection. Inv. no. P.E. 7738. See Pietsch, cat. Swan service, no. 24, p. 155. Provenance: from an important North German private collection. Formerly owned by Heinrich Graf von Brühl; auction house Koller, Zurich, auction no. 101, lot 1516. A porcelain plate from the "swan service" with the alliance coat of arms of the Count of Brühl and his wife. Minor restored. Former's mark. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Circa 1738 - 1739.