Description:

Meissen Blue Orchid, two lunch plates.
Two hand-painted porcelain lunch plates with Blue Orchid decoration. Produced by Meissen and marked with the Meissen crossed swords. Cancelled with two incised lines on the underside.

Origin: Germany.
Material: Porcelain.
Dimensions: D. 22 cm.
Period: 1940s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear.

Bio:
Meissen porcelain factory was founded in 1710 in Meissen, Saxony, and is the oldest porcelain manufacturer in Europe. The factory is internationally renowned for its hand-painted porcelain and the distinctive crossed swords mark that has been used since the eighteenth century. Meissen has produced porcelain of exceptional artistic and technical quality for more than three centuries and remains one of the most prestigious porcelain manufacturers in the world.