6 CUPS MEISSEN, swan service.

Porcelain with underglaze blue crossed swords mark of the Meissen porcelain manufactory after 1946, with 2 grinding marks and press no., Set of 6 cylindrical cups from the *Swan Service* based on the design by Johann Joachim Kaendler, the service of the century commissioned by Heinrich Graf von Brühl in 1737 became five years later completed, classic relief of a pair of swans swimming through reeds, H ca. 8 cm.