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A Ludwigsburg porcelain part tea service, circa 1765

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4,000 - 6,000 EUR

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Description

finely painted by P. J. Ihle, with vignettes of amorous couples in landscapes and scattered loose flower sprigs, with dark-puce and gilt scroll borders at the rims, the teapot with animal mask spout, the covers with fruit-form finials, comprising:

a teapot and cover,

a three-footed milk jug and cover,

a sugar bowl and cover,

and six cups and saucers,

interlaced CC and crowned interlaced CC monogram marks in underglaze-blue, painter’s mark in green for Philipp Jacob Ihle to inside footrim of all pieces except saucers, various incised and impressed marks 


(16)


Height of milk jug and cover 16 cm; 6 ⅜ in

Philipp Jacob Ihle, identified by his painter’s mark, was active at the Ludwigsburg manufactory from 1763 until about 1781, specialising in Watteau and battle scenes. For further discussion of his long career at Ludwigsburg see Hans Dieter Flach, Malerei auf Ludwigsburger Porzellan 1759 bis um 1850, Regensburg, 2005, pp. 153-157.