An 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Bowl in the Blanc de Chine Style c.1740 - 1750. The white tone of this bowl is difficult to indicate through photographs, it has a warm creamy tinge to the glaze. It is brighter than it looks in our photographs. Chinese Blanc de Chine prunus bowls of this form don't exist as far as I am aware. However the moulded prunus sprigs are close to the Chinese originals, but these Meissen sprigs are larger and spread further than the Chinese examples. This piece is an honest interpretation of the original Chinese examples, the base is clearly marked with a small Meissen crossed-swords mark in underglaze blue to the base. Blanc de Chine porcelain was popular in Europe during the middle of the 18th century, it was made at numerous porcelain factories such as St.Cloud and Chantilly in France at the Bow factory in the East End of London. For a white Meissen coffee cup and saucer dated to c.1740-1750, see : Eighteenth Century Meissen Porcelain From the Collection of Gertrude J. And Robert T. Anderson (Armin B. Allen, Orlando Museum of Art. 1st of January 1989).The catalogue quotes a German description of this type of Meissen decoration from 1765, it was described as 'Weiss belegt mit indianischen Blumen', or white ware applied with Oriental flowers. See References.           See Below For More Photographs and Information