Thank you for viewing. This is an oval plate from Meissen's Blue Onion collection. Meissen is a renowned German porcelain manufacturer that produced hard-paste porcelain for the first time in Europe. In 1709, after nine years of research, they succeeded in producing white porcelain, and since then, they have gained worldwide fame as the oldest porcelain manufacturer in Europe. The depicted fruits are not onions, but rather pomegranates and peaches stylized in a design. It is said that the name "Blue Onion" came about because pomegranates were mistaken for onions at the time. Due to the proliferation of imitations, one of the features is the inclusion of the "crossed swords," the Meissen mark, within the design.