Meissen plate with the coat of arms Ferrero
Meissen ca. 1740/41, Ø 23,9 cm, underglazed blue swords mark, impressed number "16" / Provenance: Lower-Saxony private collection
The plate is part of the service for the Savoy Grand Chancellor and Minister of State Carlo Francesco Vincenzo Ferrero (1680-1745), Marchsese d'Ormea. It marks the transition from the "Indianische Blumen" – which were standard in Meissen until the early 1740s – to the so-called ‘ombrierte Holzschnittblumen.‘