Gold Boxes, Ceramics & Silver

A Meissen porcelain tête-à-tête and a Meissen porcelain part solitaire, 19th century

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May 26, 01:38 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Meissen porcelain tête-à-tête and a Meissen porcelain part solitaire

19th century

each piece with ozier-moulded rim and rose finial, the tête-à-tête painted with pastoral scenes of figures and catlle in landscape, below scattered sprigs, comprising: a coffee-pot and cover, a sugar bowl and cover, a cream jug, two cups and two saucers and an oval traytray ; the part solitaire, painted with hunting scenes, the scene on the tray after J. E. Ridinger, comprising: a teapot and cover, a small sugar bowl and cover, a teacup and saucer and a tray, underglaze blue crossed swords marks, incised marks and Pressnummern

trays: 46cm.,18in. & 37cm. 14 1/2 in. long

The Duchesse de Berry, sale Replica Shoes 's, London, 14 April 2011, lot 250.

The present services owe much to 18th century Meissen porcelain decorated with Dutch pastoral landscapes after engravings by Jan de Visscher and his followers and hunting scenes after engravings by Johann Elias Ridinger and his school. Hunting subjects were popular with 18th century patrons of the Meissen factory and frequently appear on garnitures of vases; the most prestigious of 18th century Meissen forms. See U. Pietsch, Porzellan Parforce Jagdliches Meißner Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 2005, p. 99, kat. nr. 60 for a vase, circa 1735 decorated by J. G. Heintze with "Parforcejagd auf den Hirsch", the same graphic source is used on the tray of the present service.