Swan on song and harem scene sizzles

Among the many hundreds of services manufactured in Meissen, the Schwanenservice (Swan Service) is one of the most exclusive – a fact not lost on today’s collectors of 18th century German porcelain.

It was made between 1737-42 for the First Minister of Saxony, Count Heinrich von Brühl, and takes …

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