Durch Feuer verwandelt / Transformed by Fire A Private Collection of Early Meissen
Durch Feuer verwandelt / Transformed by Fire A Private Collection of Early Meissen
A Meissen Hausmalerei Part Tea and Coffee Service, Circa 1750
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July 1, 12:52 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A Meissen Hausmalerei Part Tea and Coffee Service, Circa 1750
the moulded reeded bodies painted in the Ferner workshop with pastoral scenes on a café-au-lait ground, with gilt scroll borders, comprising: a coffee-pot and cover, teapot and cover, circular basin and a teacup and saucer, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals
8 1/8 in., 20.8 cm. high
Ein Teil eines Tee- und Kaffeeservice, Meissener Porzellan Hausmalerei, um 1750
Ulrich Pietsch, Frühes Meissner Porzellan aus einer Privatsammlung, exhibition catalogue, Lübeck, 1993, pp. 116-117, no. 97-99 and 101.
Robert E. Roentgen, The Book of Meissen, Pennsylvania, 1984, pl. 222.
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck St. Annen-Museum, 14 November 1993-31 January 1994.
Museen der Stadt Aachen, Couven Museum, 26 February 1994-30 April 1994.
Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected.