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THE EXTENSIVE 'REEPMAKER' MEISSEN-MARCOLINI PORCELAIN ORNITHOLOGICAL DINNER SERVICE, gilt and painted in colours, possibly by the bird-painter Mann, in the rococo and transition styles, with various bird vignettes in wooded landscapes surrounded by various butterflies, ladybirds and flies, the borders outlined with gilt wavy trelliswork, the oval bulging twohandled tureens with covers, the domed covers applied with a scantily clad putto holding a cornucopia overflowing with flowerheads and fruit in relief, comprising;
- one very large tureen with cover and stand, the tureen with two vignettes, the handles modelled as rocailles overflowing with vegetables in relief, the domed cover surmounted with a putto wearing a yellow garment, with two vignettes, the stand with wavy border in relief, the handles modelled as rocailles, the tureen marked with blue overglaze crossed swords above 3, the covered tureen 38 cm wide and 30 cm high, the stand 44 cm wide - a pair of tureens with covers and stands, similarly decorated to the preceding, one putto with a yellow, the other with a purple garment, one tureen marked with blue overglaze crossed swords above a star and a hatch, the other tureen marked with blue overglaze crossed swords beside a dot and above a hatch, the covered tureens 34.5 cm wide and 25 cm high, the stands 40 cm wide - a pair of small flattened tureens with covers and stands, similarly decorated to the preceding, one putto with a purple, the other with a blue garment, both tureens marked with blue overglaze crossed swords above a star and a hatch, the covered tureens 27 cm wide and 17 cm high, the stands 36.5 cm wide - a pair of twohandled doublelipped sauceboats, the outside with two vignettes, the inside scattered with insects, with intertwined branch handles, the lips generous, both marked with underglaze crossed swords above a star, a hatch to the stand ring, one with Pressnummer 25, 22 cm wide - a pair of moutardiers with covers, the singlehandled mustard barrels with loop handle, the very slightly domed cover applied with a flowerbud finial, the moutardiers 10 cm high - a small spoon, 12 cm wide - four Transition-style triangular tripod saltcellars, with three vignettes, the concave bowl with insects, the sides with blue guilloches in relief, the stocky flaring feet outlined in gilt, all marked with Pressnummer E53, the saltcellars 9 cm wide and 4 cm high - a pair of Transition-style oval twohandled quadrupod butterdishes with covers, the dishes and covers with two vignettes, the handles and feet geometrically modelled à la grècque, the domed covers applied with a large flowerbud finial surrounded with sunburst flattened leaves, both marked with blue underglaze crossed swords above a star and a hatch, the covered beurriers, 17 cm wide and 11 cm high - a pair of deep ogival-shaped saladiers, the inside with butterflies and ants, the outside with two vignettes, the bowls 25 cm diam. and 8 cm high - a pair of lozenge-shaped sidedishes, with gilder's mark m, 29 cm wide - a pair of oval sidedishes one marked with a black fleur-de- lys and impressed D, 22 cm wide - a pair of shaped rectangular chargers both with Pressnummern 5 and 42, 42 cm wide - four shaped rectangular chargers one with Pressnummern 4 and 39, two with D, one with 4 and D, 39 cm wide - six shaped rectangular chargers, all with Pressnummern 2 and 43, gilder's marks n and g, 23.5 cm wide - four shaped square bowls all with Pressnummern 3 and 40, gilder's mark n, 25 cm wide - eight shaped square bowls, 21 cm wide - eight shaped square bowls, with various gilder's marks, 18 cm wide - four shaped circular bowls, all with Pressnummern 3 and 13, 26.5 cm diam. - eight shaped circular bowls, all with Pressnummern 2 and 20, 25 cm diam. - a pair of shaped circular chargers, one with Pressnummern 4 and 20, the other with 4 and 13, 38 cm diam. - four shaped circular chargers, with Pressnummern 3 and 13, 33 cm diam. - six shaped circular chargers, with Pressnummern 2 and 13, 29.5 cm diam. - eight shaped deep dishes, with Pressnummer 20, 26 cm diam. - twenty four shaped deep dishes with Pressnummern 54 and A, some with 18, circa 22.5 cm diam. - sixty three shaped dishes, some with Pressnummern 54 and 18, 24.5 cm diam. (the condition is excellent), all variously marked with underglaze blue crossed swords and a star and one or two hatches, mostly 1774-1780, the Transition-style pieces impressed E54 before 1774 (186)
