A MEISSEN COFFEE SERVICE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

A MEISSEN COFFEE SERVICE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

comprising 11 demitasse cups and saucers, 12 spoons and a large tray, painted with panels of Watteauesque figures within gilt foliate-scroll borders, the cups and saucers with low-relief molded foliate bands, gilt-edged shaped-rims, the tray painted with a large scene taken from the painting Les Charmes de la Vie Champêtre by François Boucher, the shaped-rim molded in high relief with gilt-edged scrollwork, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, various impressed numerals, to tray incised numeral 18., impressed numeral 126. 35 pieces

width of tray 17⅞ in.

45.4 cm