Huge antique Meissen "Blue Onion" serving dish in hand-painted porcelain. Early 20th century.

Huge antique Meissen "Blue Onion" serving dish in hand-painted porcelain. Early 20th century. Measures: 46 x 34 cm. Stamped. In very good condition. Minor burning mark at the rim. 2nd factory quality. The Meissen "onion" pattern was originally named the "bulb" pattern. While modeled closely after a pattern first produced by Chinese porcelain painters, which featured pomegranates unfamiliar in Saxony, the plates and bowls produced in the Meissen factory in 1740 adopted a feel that was distinctly their own. More than 200 pieces on stock, complete lunch & dinner service for 24 p. serving pieces, coffee service and much more.