Decorated with a pair of entwined cranes the arms of the Grill family, with a cricket in their beaks. Around the rim a garland with flowers and mussles. The rim with a relief of lotusscroll. Diameter 39 cm.
Probably comissioned for the wedding between Claes Grill (1705-1767) – and his cousin Anna Johanna Grill
in 1737. Claes Grill was one of the most powerful men in Sweden during the 18th Century. He was a director of the Swedish East-India Company, owner of Sweden’s leading merchant house Claes & Carolos Grill, their trade involved shipping, co-owner of a sail and linen manufactory, glassworks, shipyards, a bank and he owned a line of mines and estates. He supported King Gustavus III financially. The derives from a Dutch noble family and was not introduced in Sweden. They used the crane with a cricket in its beak as their coat of arms. The enlaced cranes on the service carries the thoughts to the alliance between the two members of the Grill family.