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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN TETE-A-TETE AFTER THE 'SWAN SERVICE'
Lot 340

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN TETE-A-TETE AFTER THE 'SWAN SERVICE'

CIRCA 1870, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE TRAY INCISED NO. 1X, AFTER THE MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER

Closed20 October 2011

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN TETE-A-TETE AFTER THE 'SWAN SERVICE'
CIRCA 1870, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE TRAY INCISED NO. 1X, AFTER THE MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Based the 18th century original made for Count Brühl, shell-molded and painted with swans and exotic cranes among bulrushes, comprising: a coffee-pot and cover, a cream-jug, a sugar-bowl and cover, two cups and saucers, and a tray
17 in. (43.1 cm.) wide, the tray (10)

Specialist note

For a slightly variant Meissen 'Swan Service' set, see Christie's, New York, 25 October 2007, lot 209.

Also compare Anette Loesch, 'Varietäten des Brühlschen Schwanenservice', Schwanenservice - Meissener Porsellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Exhibition catalogue, Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Dresden, 6 May - 13 August 2000, p. 82-83.