Meissen Porcelain: beautiful purple-coloured set, consisting of cup and saucer. An extraordinary collector's item by its filigree flower decor and the gilt rim in very good preservation. Manufactured in Meissen, Germany, since 1774.
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:
Meissen Porcelain set, consisting of one cup and one saucer. This set impresses by its beautiful and filigree flower decor in purple and the gilded rim at saucer and cup.
SIZE:
Saucer: about ∅ 13,3 cm
Cup: about h 4,4 cm x ∅ 8,0 cm
CONDITION:
- in very good condition
- just minimal signs of use
- minor damage with scattered glaze damage
- very small defects at the edges
- minimal colour blurring
