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Lot 12 Dα

A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer made for the Prussian court

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.125 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer made for the Prussian court

Decorated with prunus sprig reliefs, with original saucer. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's numbers. H of cup 4.5, D saucer 13.8 cm.
1762.

According to an invoice published by Wittwer, this cup is thought to originate from an order described as a "coffee service with indian flowers, gold mosaic borders, reliefs picked out in red with gold stems, of 6 pairs of coffee cups, 6 hot chocolate cups, 7 large items, each 145 rt" ordered from Meissen by Frederick II in 1762.

Provenance

From the property of a South German aristocrat.

Literature

Cf. a taller cup and saucer in the SPSG Schloss Charlottenburg in Wittwer, "hat der König von Preußen die schleunige Verferttigung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret" Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan, in: Keramos 208/2010, p. 33, illus. 11.