Ghislaine Howard
Sale Coordinator
Property from a Swiss Private Collection
Lot 24*
A Meissen part tea and coffee service, circa 1760
7 December 2022, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
A Meissen part tea and coffee service, circa 1760
Each piece moulded with rococo cartouches in low relief and painted with birds and fowl in gilt-edged landscape vignettes and scattered flowers, gilt dentil rims, the teacups with a flower spray inside, comprising:
a coffee pot and cover
a teapot and associated cover
a milk jug (lacking cover)
a sugar bowl and cover
a tea canister and cover
six large teacups and saucers
one small teacup and saucer
four coffee cups and saucers, the coffee pot and cover: 27.5cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals, incised R to coffee pot (one saucer restuck, a coffee cup with a haircrack to handle, tea canister cover restuck, some minor rim chips, some wear to gilt rims) (31)
a coffee pot and cover
a teapot and associated cover
a milk jug (lacking cover)
a sugar bowl and cover
a tea canister and cover
six large teacups and saucers
one small teacup and saucer
four coffee cups and saucers, the coffee pot and cover: 27.5cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals, incised R to coffee pot (one saucer restuck, a coffee cup with a haircrack to handle, tea canister cover restuck, some minor rim chips, some wear to gilt rims) (31)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Lempertz Cologne, 17 November 1964, lot 1165;
Property from a Swiss Private Collection (acquired by the present owner in the above sale)
