Tasse et soucoupe armoriés en porcelaine de Meissen provenant du service Da Ponte, vers 1755 A Meissen armorial teabowl and saucer from the Da Ponte service, circa 1755 Each painted with an unidentified arms and those of Da Ponte above crossed palm fronds, surrounded by scattered flowers, gilt scrollwork borders to the rims, the scrolled handle picked out in gilding, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, gilder's mark '49.' to base (faint), (2) Footnotes: Literature Mauri, Luigi, Fragili Emozioni: Porcellane europee nel gusto di un collezionista lombardo, Milan, 2013, pp. 68-69, cat. 32 Rainer Rückert (Führer durch die Schausammlungen des Bayerischen Nationalmuseum München, Zweigmuseum Lustheim, 1985) indicated that part of the armorial on this service belonged to the widow of the House of Da Ponte. It has not been clearly established that the armorial is in fact that of the Da Ponte family, although it shows great resemblance to the armorial of the above mentioned, only the bridge, here in white, is in fact gold in Custoza (Il Libro d'Arme di Venezia, Verona, 1979). The most famous member of the Da Ponte family was Nicolò da Ponte (1491-1585), who was the 87th doge of the Venetian republic. He ruled in a relatively tranquil period, and to the high age of 94. A chocolate cup and saucer from this service was in the Hoffmeister Collection, illustrated in Dieter Hoffmeister, Meissner Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts - Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister, 1999, vol. II, no.338, and another was in the Marouf Collection, illustrated in Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen: The Said and Roswitha Marouf Collection, 2010, no. 76. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing