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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED GOLDCHINESEN TRAVELLING TEA-SERVICE IN A FITTED CASE

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED GOLDCHINESEN TRAVELLING TEA-SERVICE IN A FITTED CASE

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1726-28, DECORATED SLIGHTLY LATER IN AUGSBURG BY ABRAHAM SEUTER, THE TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS WITH FAINT LUSTRE A S MARKS, THE TEAPOT WITH L H MARKS, VARIOUS DREHER'S MARKS TO SOME PIECES, ONE SILVER-GILT TEA-CADDY MARKED FOR ELIAS ADAM, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1725, THE OTHER INDISTINCTLY MARKED, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, THE SPOONS UNMARKED, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1725

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED GOLDCHINESEN TRAVELLING TEA-SERVICE IN A FITTED CASE
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1726-28, DECORATED SLIGHTLY LATER IN AUGSBURG BY ABRAHAM SEUTER, THE TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS WITH FAINT LUSTRE A S MARKS, THE TEAPOT WITH L H MARKS, VARIOUS DREHER'S MARKS TO SOME PIECES, ONE SILVER-GILT TEA-CADDY MARKED FOR ELIAS ADAM, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1725, THE OTHER INDISTINCTLY MARKED, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, THE SPOONS UNMARKED, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1725
Each piece decorated with gilt chinoiserie figures at various pursuits on terraces below a border of pendant scrolls within gilt band borders, comprising:
A squat globular teapot and cover, the curved spout issuing from a grotesque mask, the domed cover attached with a chain to the handle and spout, decorated with birds perched on branches,
Six teabowls and saucers, the interior of the teabowls each decorated with a bird perched on a branch, one of the saucers possibly matched to the service but of a contemporary date and with similar Seuter decoration
Two silver-gilt teacaddies, engraved with strapwork and foliate scroll borders,
Four silver-gilt spoons,
In a contemporary hinged shaped rectangular leather travelling case with brass mounts, lock and key, the interior lined with emerald-green velvet, the exterior decorated with tooled gilt bands
The teapot and cover: 4 ¼ in. (10.3 cm.) high overall; the box 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) wide

Provenance

Property of a Nobleman, Schleswig Holstein; Christie's, Amsterdam, 3 - 5 April 2007, lot 812.

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Lot Essay

See S. Ducret, Meissner Porzellan, Goldmalereien und bunte Chinoiserien, Brunswick, 1971, Vol. I, p. 150, pl. 131 for a related Augsburg-decorated service in a similar travelling case. Another example of a travelling service, including Böttger porcelain gilt chinoiserie-decorated wares and silver-gilt components was sold in these Rooms on 6 November 2008, lot 32.

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