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MEISSEN TRAY, 18th c, fascinating mysterious
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This Meissen 11 inch x 7 1/2 inch tray is fascinating for several different reasons. First, the tray is heavy. A lot of clay was used. Weight may have made it sturdy for it has no chips.
Certain motifs (for instance, the islands of land, from which foliage is hanging) are 18th c. in nature. The birds seem slightly more realistic than the "hang head" bird of the Marcolini period. And as for the colors, puce was certainly used a lot in the 18th c. Check the pictures and see what you think. The tray is what it is, a little mysterious. It's been in my possession for twenty years, a small number when you consider what may have been the tray's life. The mark is especially interesting. Clearly a Meissen, under glaze blue mark, it has two reddish horizontal lines on top of the glaze, lines which could indicate the tray was rejected for some reason. Maybe it was too heavy. Maybe the gold border didn't match up just right. Perhaps the checker didn't like the artist who made it. The most likely explanation would seem to be several pinpricks (tiny bubbles) in the glaze which can be seen in the left part of Picture 7. No wear over the two hundred years except a gentle dimming along the edge of the generous gold border. The birds, trees and flowers are quite intact. No chips or scratches. In the last half of the 18th c, in a world concerned about revolution and marching armies, the tray would have brightened a breakfast table or graced a bureau. In the twenty-first c, the tray can be a symbol of peace and calm in our anxious time. 
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