A pair of Meissen topographical dishes with Dutch views, circa 1772Each painted with a view of a town by a river with figures in the foreground within a gilt and brown rococo and foliate cartouche, the shaped wrims hund with flower swags tied by blue ribbons, gilt foliate borders, 21.6cm diam., crossed swords marks and dot in underglaze-blue, both impressed 54 (one with small rim section restored) (2)注脚The shape of central cartouche and subject matter of Dutch views matches the important Meissen 'Stadtholder' dinner service made in 1772, probably as a gift from the Dutch East India Company to Prince William V. This set was painted with titled views of Holland and former Dutch colonies. A large portion of the Stadtholder service is now displayed in the museum at the Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn. The present pair of dishes formed part of a second service with a different border design and Dutch views which are untitled. Forty-two pieces from this set belonged to the collectors S.P.D. May and R.May-Fuld and were sold in Amsterdam at the auction house Frederik Muller on 14-17 October 1941. A dish from this set is in the Kestner Museum in Hanover and another dish is illustrated by Dr Den Blaauwen, Het Meissen servies van Stadhouder Willem de vijfde, Apeldoorn-Zwolle, 1993, p.33-36. Another pair of dishes from the service was sold in these Rooms, 15 November 2006, lot 4.