Porcelain with white glaze, polychrome and golden paint
Germany, 1860-1924
Meissen porcelain factory, established in 1710
Underglaze blue crossed swords mark with pommels (pommel period), impressed numbers
Dining, Mocha & Coffee Service, 247 pieces, complete for at least 22 people
Form: ‘Altozier’ from 1736 by Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1696-1749)
Decor: ‘Bird and insect painting’
Different finely painted singing and ferocious birds on flowering or green branches, butterflies and other insects
23 dessert plates and 2 biscuit cups with openwork flags and a slightly different decor
Detailed listing and measurements in the following text
Good condition condition, first choice
Magnificent service in the usual excellent Meissen quality
Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU.

The present dining, mocha and coffee service, consisting of 247 pieces, was manufactured between 1860 and 1924 by the Meissen porcelain factory. It can be served with the complete setting for at least 22 people. The pieces have a white glazed body with basketwork edge relief and elegant golden borders. The mirrors and flags show very fine paintings: a bird sitting on a branch, flanked by four insects on the flag. The service includes very beautiful pomp pieces, for instance an oval, bulbous soup tureen with two roccaille-shaped handles and a lovely cover adorned with a cherub and a cornucopia, as well as two flat and lidded vegetable dishes with wide horizontal lip edges and shell-shaped handles to the sides. The service contains many diverse dishes. There are also twelve plates and two biscuit trays with basketwork-like openwork flags, bird paintings in three reserves and a central bird on branches in the mirror.

The service includes the following pieces:

70 large dinner plates ø 24 and 25 cm (three slightly chipped to the upper side or underside, four with minimal and barely visible cracks)

24 soup plates ø 22 cm

23 salad plates ø 21 cm (one plate slightly chipped to the edge, 2 plates with minimal cracks)

23 dessert plates with openwork flags, slightly different decor, ø 20 cm (three slightly chipped to the edge, on plate restored)

2 cake plates on foot, ø 31.5 cm (one chipped to the foot)

3 lidded bowls, ø 26.5 cm and 29.5 cm x 22.5 cm

9 various serving plates, 30-60 cm length

1 square serving bowl, 22 x 22 cm

4 small oval serving bowls, length 23 cm

1 round serving bowl, ø 35 cm

2 round biscuit trays with pierced flags on foot, slightly different decor, ø 20,5 cm

2 round dessert bowls on foot ø 21 cm

2 oval saucières, 24 x 11 cm (on handle broken off)

22 coffee cups, approximately 0.15 l

24 saucers for coffee cups ø 14 cm

14 espresso cups, approx. 0.1 l (one handle restored, one cup chipped)

20 saucers for coffee cups ø 12 cm (two edges slightly chipped)

1 coffee pot approximately 1.25 l (lid broken and restored)

1 jug, approximately 0.5l

The service is of first choice and overall in good condition, showing the above mentioned damages. All pieces show the Meissner swords mark (pommel period) and various impressed numbers to the underside.

Meissen

Porcelain was known in Europe since the 13th Century, but always had to be imported from China and was thus mostly of lower quality – the Chinese seldom gave their best ware to foreigners – and extremely expensive. Europeans tried to copy the Chinese porcelain for centuries but only in 1708 managed to create real porcelain – in Meissen. The manufacturer’s brand, the crossed swords in blue, has been in use since 1722 and is still a guarantee for the high quality of the porcelain. Meissen celebrated its 300 years of existence in 2008. Quality has always been the number one criteria for Meissen and they go as far as to have their own mine to win the needed kaolin, also known as china clay, for the production. It takes several years to reach the degree of a “master painter” in Meissen but judging by the quality of the painting, it is definitely worth it.

Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.