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The Blue Onion pattern was designed by Johann Gregor Herold in 1739 likely inspired by a Chinese bowl from the Kangxi period. The pattern it was modelled after by Chinese porcelain painters, featured pomegranates unfamiliar in Saxony, so the plates and bowls produced in the Meissen factory in 1740 created their own style and feel.
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Bavaria is the female symbolic figure and secular patron of Bavaria and appears as a personified allegory for the state of Bavaria in various forms and manifestations. She thus represents the secular counterpart to Mary as the religious Patrona Bavariae .
The chrysanthemum is said to have been favored by Tao Qian, an influential Chinese poet, and is symbolic of nobility. It is also one of the four symbolic seasonal flowers. A chrysanthemum festival is held each year in Tongxiang, near Hangzhou, China. [27] Chrysanthemums are the topic in hundreds of poems of China. [28]
The House of Wittelsbach, which ruled in Bavaria for about eight centuries, used the coat lozengy from 1242, later quartering it with the lion of the Electoral Palatinate. Bavaria became a kingdom in 1806, and in 1835 a new coat of arms was created, similar to today's but representing some regions by different coats of arms.
The stone's pattern resembles the chrysanthemum flower. The flower is milky white and grain is clear. Chrysanthemum stone is generally dark-gray or black, and does not contain radioactive elements, so it has a high collection value. Although the composition of chrysanthemum stone itself is not very rare, the formation is uncommon, so the stone ...
"Botanical" red anchor plate with spray of fruiting Indian bean tree, c. 1755. The factory history, before the merger with Derby, can be divided into four main periods, named for the identifying marks under the wares, although the changes in marks do not exactly coincide with changes in materials or style.
The June pattern, which was made from 1928 to 1951, was etched on stemware and tableware. [69] It is one of the rare patterns that can be dated based on color of the glass. [70] The Versailles pattern, made from 1928 to 1943, was another etching pattern. The etchings were mostly on plates and dishes.