A Höchst porcelain part tea and coffee service, circa 1760-65
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description
each piece painted with arrangements of fruits and foliage and scattered insects below gilt rocaille scroll-edged puce-scale-ground panels with pendant flower garlands, the rims with gilt ovolo and dot borders, comprising:
a coffee pot and cover,
a milk jug and cover,
a teapot and cover,
a tea canister and cover,
a sugar bowl and cover,
a waste bowl,
eight teacups and saucers,
wheel marks in puce or gilding to most pieces, C mark in gilding to some pieces, various impressed letters and numerals
(27)
Height of coffee pot 24 cm; 9 ½ in
Teawares with similar elaborate rocaille puce-scale-ground panels at the rims and flower decoration are illustrated by Patricia Stahl, Höchster Porzellan 1746-1796, Katalog zur Ausstellung Höchster Porzellan, Heidelberg, 1994, p. 90, cat. nos. 4.5.17, 4.5.18 and p. 152, cat. no. 5.1.16.
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