Lot 18
  • 18

A Meissen part-tea and coffee service, circa 1730

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • PORCELAIN
  • the coffee pot, 20cm., 7 7/8 in. high
painted in the manner of Christian Friedrich Herold, with Kauffahrtei scenes, with formal gilt foliate scroll borders at the rims, comprising a coffee pot and cover, a tea canister and cover, an oval sugar bowl and cover surmounted with a rabbit finial, and two teabowl and saucers, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, gilt numerals 43., Dreher's marks,

Provenance

Christie's London (paper labels to bases)

Literature

Ulrich Pietsch, Preziosen, einer süddeutschen Kunstsammlung, 2001, pp. 44-45

Condition

Coffee pot and cover- coffee pot with some wear to gilding. Cover with haircracks at the base of the knop. Tea canister and cover- good condition. Sugar Bowl and cover- good condition. Two teabowls and saucers- minor wear to gilding.Saucers with minor wear to central panels.
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