Porcelain, polychrome overglaze painting, parcel-gilt
Meissen, early 20th century
Porcelain Manufacture Meissen, est. in 1710
Underglaze blue crossed swords marks, partial painter’s numbers, modeler's numbers and different incised marks
Form: Neuer Ausschnitt
Decor: Flower bouquets and Insects
Coffee and table service, comprising 28 pieces
Dimensions serving plate (oval): 44.1 x 58.1 cm, dimensions of the serving bowl: 9.8 x 27 x 27.1 cm, diameter of the dining plates: each 24.6 cm
Good condition, first choice

The coffee service comprising following pieces:

1 large creamer

1 small creamer

2 coffee cups with saucers

4 confection bowls

The table service comprising following pieces:

1 serving platter (oval)

1 serving bowl (square)

1 sauce boat with handles

1 sauce boat with 1 spoon

1 serving shell (square)

2 soup plates

6 dining plates

7 breakfast plates

Condition:

The service is in a good condition with usual traces of age and wear. The square serving shell shows 3 chips on the mouth. The dimensions of the oval serving plate are 44.1 x 58.1 cm. The dimensions of the square serving bowl are 9.8 x 27 x 27.1 cm. The diameter of the dining plates measures each 24.6 cm.

Porcelain Manufactory Meissen

Porcelain has been known in Europe since the 13th century, but always had to be imported from China. Thus it was mostly of lower quality – the Chinese rarely gave their best ware to the foreigners – and extremely expensive. As demand for porcelain became greater, European alchemists tried to discover the formula to create hard-paste porcelain. The production of the first European hard-paste porcelain was the result of a collaboration between the alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger and the scientist Ehrenfried Walther Graf von Tschirnhaus at the court of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, in Dresden. As a matter of fact, it was finally achieved for the first time in Europe in 1708 to produce a white hard paste porcelain and in 1710 Augustus established Europe’s first hard-paste porcelain factory in the Albrechtsburg, a palace in Meissen. The so-called ‘Böttgerporzellan’ actually had more of a stoneware quality and it was not until the year 1713 that white porcelain was available for purchase. Initially unmarked, the motif of the ‘crossed swords’ was developed in the early 1720s and used from 1723 onwards. Since then, beautifully modelled and painted figures and table services were produced at Meissen, establishing its reputation as the pre-eminent porcelain factory in Europe. Outstanding potters, modelers and painters, e.g. Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775), Johann Gottlieb Klinger (1701-1781) and Count Camillo Marcolini (1739-1814), were employed at the factory, which dominated the 18th century style of porcelain, and Meissen wares and figurines were imitated by craftsmen at other porcelain factories throughout Europe. Meissen celebrated its 300 years of existence in 2008. Until today, Meissen porcelain is known for highest quality and originality and greatly appreciated. (ala)

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