1776-1790, MARKED WITH AN OVERGLAZE BLUE STORK

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A The Hague-decorated Ansbach porcelain ornithological coffee and tea service
1776-1790, marked with an overglaze blue stork
Painted in colours with various birds and flower sprays, the border with continuous gilt scrolls with pendentif motifs, comprising:
a baluster coffee pot with loop branch handle, pointed spout and domed cover with flowerbud finial (cover restored), 27cm high, a globular teapot with loop branch handle, branch spout and flat cover en suite, 11cm high, a baluster milkjug with loop branch handle and pointed spout, 13cm high, a sugarbowl and domed cover en suite, 10cm high, a slopbowl (restored), 16.5cm diam., a quatrefoil pattipan, 16.5cm wide, six coffee cups and saucers (one cup and one handle restored), twelve teacups and saucers with flower spray to the inside
(minor chips) (24)

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Lot Essay

Cf. C.L.H. Scholten, Haags porselein 1776-1790, een 'Hollands' product volgens de internationale mode (The Hague 2000), p.30 ill.25 for a coffee and tea service with a similar ornithological decoration, p.70 ill.76 for a similar border decoration.

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