a niderviller dinner service

1774-1789, SOME PIECES MARKED WITH CROWNED CC ENTWINED OR WITH N

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a niderviller dinner service
1774-1789, some pieces marked with crowned CC entwined or with N
Painted with scattered cornflower-sprays (Fleurs Barbeaux) and blue-line wavy rims, comprising:
One oval two-handled bulging tureen and domed stepped cover with handle (36cm., wide);
Two circular two-handled vegetable tureens and covers (20cm. diam.); One circular charger (43cm. diam.);
Four circular chargers (37.5cm. diam.);
Two circular chargers (30.5cm. diam.);
Three oval chargers (40.5cm. wide);
Four oval chargers (32.5cm. wide);
Four oval chargers (30cm. wide);
Two circular salad bowls (26.5cm. diam.);
Six bowls (20 cm.diam.);
Six bowls (18 cm.diam.);
Twelve deep plates;
Thirty-one dinner plates;
Two mustard pots and covers;
Two salt and pepper sets with entwined handles, and
One small saucer (79)

Lot Essay

The old faience factory of 1735 was bought by Jean Louis Baron de Beyerl in 1742. Porcelain production was begun immediately and by 1766 it had gradually replaced the earlier faience production. From 1754 the artistic and technical management was in the care of the painter and chemist F.-A. Anstett. The enterprise flourished and employed 150 workers by 1789. The decoration of Niderviller pieces was very similar to that of contemporary porcelain - Indian flowers, European flowers and fleurs barbeaux, or landscapes. From 1827, L.W. Dryander was the owner. He stopped the porcelain production and preferred to produce ceramics in the English taste. He also industrialised the factory which was later taken over by his two sons.

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