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The property of Dorothea von Bohlen und Halbach, Essen, Germany
An extensive late Meissen porcelain polychrome purpurmalerei dinner service
MARKED WITH SMALL UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, WITH VARIOUS PRESSNUMMERN
Details
An extensive late Meissen porcelain polychrome purpurmalerei dinner service
Marked with small underglaze blue crossed swords, with various Pressnummern
Decorated with a band of Indianische Blumen, with shaped edge, the inside with a band of dotted trelliswork, the domed covers with rose bud finial and the handles modelled as intertwined branches, comprising: one coffee pot with cover - 26.3cm. high; one teapot with cover; one sugar bowl with cover; one milk jug; one shaped oval sweetmeat dish - 18.9cm. wide; twelve teacups with saucers; eighteen pastry dishes; four egg cups; five small circular bowls; one circular salt cellar; twenty-four two-handled broth bowls and saucers; twelve plates; thirty-one dishes; eighteen deep dishes; twenty-four dessert-plates; one oval two-handled sauce boat on fixed stand; one further sauce boat on fixed stand en suite; one large oval tureen and cover on stand with scroll handles - 29cm. high; two leaf-shaped dishes - 25.9cm. wide; one rectangular shaped bowl - 21cm. wide; two rectangular shaped saladiers - 27 cm. wide; one circular bowl - 24.5cm. diam., one large oval charger - 58cm. wide; two circular chargers in sizes; three oval bowls and six oval chargers in sizes (minor damages) (176)
Marked with small underglaze blue crossed swords, with various Pressnummern
Decorated with a band of Indianische Blumen, with shaped edge, the inside with a band of dotted trelliswork, the domed covers with rose bud finial and the handles modelled as intertwined branches, comprising: one coffee pot with cover - 26.3cm. high; one teapot with cover; one sugar bowl with cover; one milk jug; one shaped oval sweetmeat dish - 18.9cm. wide; twelve teacups with saucers; eighteen pastry dishes; four egg cups; five small circular bowls; one circular salt cellar; twenty-four two-handled broth bowls and saucers; twelve plates; thirty-one dishes; eighteen deep dishes; twenty-four dessert-plates; one oval two-handled sauce boat on fixed stand; one further sauce boat on fixed stand en suite; one large oval tureen and cover on stand with scroll handles - 29cm. high; two leaf-shaped dishes - 25.9cm. wide; one rectangular shaped bowl - 21cm. wide; two rectangular shaped saladiers - 27 cm. wide; one circular bowl - 24.5cm. diam., one large oval charger - 58cm. wide; two circular chargers in sizes; three oval bowls and six oval chargers in sizes (minor damages) (176)
Provenance
The collection of Frau Dorothea von Bohlen und Halbach, the wife of the late Harald, member of the Krupp family