Meissen Porcelain: extraordinary purple-coloured set, consisting of cup and saucer, with complex flower decor improved with golden highlights. Manufactured in Meissen, Germany, since 1815.
MANUFACTURY:
Porcelain Manufactury Meissen / Saxony, Germany
Meissen porcelain is the first European hard-paste porcelain that was developed from 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his untimely death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger, continued his work and brought porcelain to the market, and he has often been credited with the invention. The production of porcelain at Meissen, near Dresden, started in 1710 and attracted artists and artisans to establish one of the most famous porcelain manufacturers, still in business today as Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH. Its signature logo, the crossed swords, was introduced in 1720 to protect its production; the mark of the crossed swords is one of the oldest trademarks in existence. It dominated the style of European porcelain until 1756.
DESCRIPTION:
Extraordinary set, consisting of one cup and one saucer, manufactured in Meissen, since 1815. This set impresses by its artistical flower and leafage decor in light and dark purple with gilt highlights. Bordered rim decor, also with flower and leafage image, cup inside and saucer partly with corrugated row.
SIZE:
Saucer: about ∅ 13,2 cm
Cup: about h 5,0 cm x ∅ 8,0 cm
CONDITION:
- in good condition
- age-appropriate signs of use
- minor damage with scattered glaze damage
- very small defects at the edges, partly with cracks
- minimal colour blurring
