Table of Contents 4 Foreword 7 Preface anja hell 12 Background 13 The advent of blue-and-white in Meissen lutz miedtank 20 Genesis of the Meissen Blue Onion Pattern 21 Facts and myths surrounding the earliest Meissen Blue Onion Pattern 29 Prototypes for the Meissen Blue Onion Pattern c. 1730 30 Chinese export porcelains as sources of inspiration 31 Motifs in the Chinese Blue Onion Pattern and their symbolic content 52 East Asian porcelains in the royal collections at Dresden 53 Berlin and Zerbst faiences as sources of inspiration 61 The role played by itinerant painters 62 Early Meissen Blue Onion Pattern 1730 – 1739 78 Blue-painters ciphers 81 Throwers’ and moulders’ ciphers 85 Dish size numbers
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