SWAN SERVICE

set of porcelain tableware made at the Meissen factory in Germany between 1737 and 1741 by Johann Joachim Kndler and Johann Friedrich Eberlein. Made for Heinrich, Count von Brhl, the factory director, it was composed of 2,200 pieces modeled and painted in the Rococo style with such aquatic motifs as swans and water nymphs. It is probably the single finest table service ever made in porcelain.