7 Dinner plates. Meissen. lunch set. «Zwiebelmuster». production time mid 18th century early 20th century. Dish for sauce (1) 10x25см. Bread plates(3) 15х15 см Soup plate (1) 22х22 см. Plates for hot dishes (2) 24х24см good condition. It was thanks to society’s fascination with the art of Chinese paintings that the famous “Onion Pattern” (Zwiebelmuster) was born in the workshops of the Meissen manufactory in the 30s of the 18th century. Trying to copy images of tropical fruits - pomegranates, peaches, lemons - from Chinese paintings, German masters, who had never seen these wonders, depicted them in such a way that they more closely resembled onions.