CIRCA 1865, MARKED WITH LARGE UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS WITH DOTTED HILTS, VARIOUS PRESSNUMMERN

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A Meissen Capodimonte style tete a tete
Circa 1865, marked with large underglaze blue crossed swords with dotted hilts, various Pressnummern
Gilt and painted in colours, modelled in relief con basso relievo istoriato, with various scenes of mythological seacreatures and waternymphs surrounded by playing putti, fish and swans in an aquatic landscape with rocks and trees, mountains at the background, red coral handles, slightly domed covers with red coral finial, comprising: a two-handled oval tray, 46cm wide, a bulbous teapot and cover with waisted neck and foot, scaled spout, loop handle, 15cm high, a baluster milkjug with pointed scaled spout and loop handle, 14cm high, a bulbous sugarpot and cover with waisted neck and foot, 12cm high, two cups with slightly flaring rim and loop handle, two saucers (minute chips, finial milkjug restored)

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Lot Essay

Cf. A. Faÿ-Hallé and B. Mundt, Nineteenth-Century European Porcelain (London 1983), p.187, probably also influenced by Worcester from about 1865, Meissen was manufacturing so-called 'Capodimonte' ware, which was characterized by scenic reliefs dealing with Renaissance themes. Similar porcelains has originally been manufactured in Doccia near Florence in the mid 18th century.

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