A MEISSEN MARCOLINI PORCELAIN POLYCHROME COFFEE AND TEA-SERVICE decorated with dreamy landscape vignettes depicting wayfarers at various pursuits, architectural structures behind them, outlined in gilt, the border with brown and purple garlands in the neoclassical style, the inside with a purple tied bow, the edge dentiled, comprising one baluster single-handled coffee-pot and cover, with pointed spout, the branch handle ending in flower branches in slight relief, the domed cover en suite with flower-bud finial, Pressmarke 28, 25.5 cm high; one globular single-handled teapot and cover, with branch spout and handle, the cover en suite with flower-bud finial, 16 cm high; one circular sugar bowl and cover, the domed cover en suite with flower-bud finial, with Pressmarke 32 and an underglaze blue hatch, 10.5 cm high; one circular broth bowl, with an underglaze blue 4, 16 cm diam.; twelve tea-cups and saucers; and five coffee-cups and saucers, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords and a star, various Pressmarken, some saucers with an underglaze blue B (after 1774) (22)

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A MEISSEN MARCOLINI PORCELAIN POLYCHROME COFFEE AND TEA-SERVICE decorated with dreamy landscape vignettes depicting wayfarers at various pursuits, architectural structures behind them, outlined in gilt, the border with brown and purple garlands in the neoclassical style, the inside with a purple tied bow, the edge dentiled, comprising one baluster single-handled coffee-pot and cover, with pointed spout, the branch handle ending in flower branches in slight relief, the domed cover en suite with flower-bud finial, Pressmarke 28, 25.5 cm high; one globular single-handled teapot and cover, with branch spout and handle, the cover en suite with flower-bud finial, 16 cm high; one circular sugar bowl and cover, the domed cover en suite with flower-bud finial, with Pressmarke 32 and an underglaze blue hatch, 10.5 cm high; one circular broth bowl, with an underglaze blue 4, 16 cm diam.; twelve tea-cups and saucers; and five coffee-cups and saucers, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords and a star, various Pressmarken, some saucers with an underglaze blue B (after 1774) (22)
Provenance
The collection of dr. J.G. Mezger, Amsterdam, medical doctor at the Amstel Hotel, Amsterdam, and the Badhotel, Domburg, whereby he received this service as a gift from a German nobleman

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