China
Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Modelled in rococo style after a Höchst faience original and decorated with sprays of European flowers.
For a complete tureen, cover and stand, see Cohen & Cohen,Soldier Soldier, 2003, p. 45, no. 22.
Originally derived from a silver form called en baroque thought actually rococo, it was first copied in Strasbourg faience by Paul Hannong and then copied by Ignatz Hess at Höchst.