A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) DATED CARTOGRAPHICAL COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER, the cup with the date 1813 formed from trailing leaves below a pale-apricot, band inscribed August22.Gr.Beeren.26.Katzbach.30.Culm. September6.Dennewitz., the saucer with a map of Leipzig and battle positions inscribed VÖLKERSCHLACHT BEI LEIPZIG/ am 18 u.19 Oct., the border with a pale-apricot band with gilt ornament (slight rubbing to gilding, erased area of glaze beneath the date, scratching to centre of map), blue crossed swords and star mark, 1813

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A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) DATED CARTOGRAPHICAL COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER, the cup with the date 1813 formed from trailing leaves below a pale-apricot, band inscribed August22.Gr.Beeren.26.Katzbach.30.Culm. September6.Dennewitz., the saucer with a map of Leipzig and battle positions inscribed VÖLKERSCHLACHT BEI LEIPZIG/ am 18 u.19 Oct., the border with a pale-apricot band with gilt ornament (slight rubbing to gilding, erased area of glaze beneath the date, scratching to centre of map), blue crossed swords and star mark, 1813

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A similar dated example is in the National Museum of Wales, see also Michael Newman, Die deutschen Porzellan-Manufakturen, p. 84, no. 76 for a cup and saucer with maps of Saxony and Leipzig

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