Miniature painting

Meissen, Germany, after 1774

Glazed and painted porcelain.

Diameter: 13.7 cm

Markings: Swords with a star in blue

UMP 24273

A miniature painted on a round porcelain plate in footed brass mounts. The overglaze painting presents a hunting scene – a stag hunt. The marking on the porcelain corresponds to the period after 1774, when the porcelain factory was managed by Count Camillo Marcolini. Meissen ware from that period was marked with a star connected to the traditional crossed swords.

According to witnesses, it was acquired from the original collections of Princess Thun-Hohenstein, the owner of the estate and chateau in Peruc. D. Braunová