Tea and coffee service with chinoiserie decoration, Meissen, ca. 1730-1739
Lot 1713. Tea and coffee service with chinoiserie decoration, Meissen, ca. 1730-1739. Estimate CHF 22 000 / 35 000 (€ 18 330 / 29 170). Photo Koller
Comprising: 1 coffee pot with cover (potter's mark *, 20 cm), 1 tea pot (potter's mark *, gold number, 10.5cm), 1 saucer (press mark P, 15 cm), 1 tea caddy and cover (potter's mark *, 10.5cm), 1 bowl (potter's mark oo, 17 cm), 1 small bowl (potter's marks * and /) and 2 saucers (potter's mark *).1 sugar bowl with cover (potter's mark oo, 10.8 cm, gilding rubbed), 1 tea cup with saucer (press numbers) and 1 beaker with saucer.
Underglaze blue sword marks, potter's marks on most of the pieces * and oo. press numbers on the associated pieces.
H coffee pot 20 cm. Spout and cover finial of the tea pot, supplemented in metal. Gilding, partly rubbed. Coffee pot repaired on the base of the handle and on the rim of the cover. Hairline crack in tea caddy, minor chipping. (17)
Provenance: - Collection Dr. Max Fahrländer, Basel-Riehen.
- In a private collection via inheritance, Winterthur.
Note: A similar service from the Marouf Collection at Bonhams, The Marouf Collection, Part II, 2 May 2013, Lot 19, is depicted in U. Pietsch, Passion for Meissen, 2010, No. 37.
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