6 Antique Meissen Starter Appetizer Plates Pink Rose

6 Antique Meissen Starter Appetizer Plates Pink Rose, each plate is decorated by the famous “Meissen Rose”, one of the most popular decors from the house of Meissen. The graceful “Meissen Rose” was based on the still life paintings of Count Camillo Marcolini in the Biedermeier period. Entirely hand-painted and precisely crafted, adorned by the magnificent flowers, the pink roses gracefully intertwine on the porcelain. With its slightly opened petals, the ‘Meissen Rose’ exudes a classic elegance that is rivaled only by few designs.

Floral decorations make up their own genre within porcelain painting. Even though the design and arrangement are predetermined, the flower painter still works freehand. After just lightly sketching out the shape of the flowers in pencil on the piece in question, the images are applied by hand directly on the porcelain all the way down to the finest details of the petals and leaves.  It takes many years of mastery to be considered qualified to paint plates like this. These plates are from the 1920’s, with the Meissen mark on the back. One plate has the rose facing the other direction. Second factory quality.

• 6 plates 6-3/4″.