CIRCA 1900, MARKED IN GREEN WITH A CROWNED COAT OF ARMS ABOVE NYMPHENBURG, IMPRESSED COAT OF ARMS AND P, VARIOUS NUMERALS IN BLACK

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An extensive Nymphenburg floral dinner service
Circa 1900, marked in green with a crowned coat of arms above Nymphenburg, impressed coat of arms and p, various numerals in black
After an original rococo-style service from the Neudeck period (circa 1760), the shaped white body painted in colours with various sprigs of flowers, comprising:
- sixteen soup plates,
- thirty dinner plates,
- fifteen dessert plates,
- a large two-handled oval tureen, cover and two-handled stand, raised on four scroll feet, scroll handles, the finial naturalistically shaped as a sliced lemon, 36cm wide,
- a pair of two-handled double-lipped sauceboats on a fixed stand, 24cm wide,
- a two-handled circular dish,
- Two oval dishes in two sizes, large dish 48cm wide,
- a pair of square dishes, 25cm wide,
- a pair of square bowls,
- a pair of kidney-shaped side dishes, 24cm wide,
- a pair of salts, raised on four scroll feet, 10cm wide
(minor damages) (76)

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Lot Essay

Cf. Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am main, Deutsches Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts (Frankfurt am Main 1983), p.207, fig. 363, for a similar tureen from the Neudeck period.

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