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CIRCA 1790, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND STAR MARKS, SOME PLATES AND THE SLOP-BASIN WITH CANCELLED MARKS, THE BREAKFAST CUPS AND SAUCERS WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND 4 MARKS AND LATER, VARIOUS PRESSNUMMERN AND INCISED MARKS
Details
A Meissen (Marcolini) composite part dinner and dessert-service
Circa 1790, blue crossed swords and star marks, some plates and the slop-basin with cancelled marks, the breakfast cups and saucers with blue crossed swords and 4 marks and later, various Pressnummern and incised marks
Each piece painted with a bouquet of and scattered flower-sprays within gilt-line rims, comprising:
Two oval tureens and covers, each with two bouquets, the covers with puce and green foliage finials
Two shallow oval dishes
Two large deep oval dishes
Four small deep oval dishes
Four square dishes
Four leaf-shaped dishes with green branch handles with flower terminals Eighteen plates in two sizes
A slop-basin similar
Three breakfast-cups and saucers with ozier-moulded borders and gilt branch handles
(Some pieces restored, some riveted, some with chipping and cracks, the plates and dishes with extensive rubbing to gilt rims)
Circa 1790, blue crossed swords and star marks, some plates and the slop-basin with cancelled marks, the breakfast cups and saucers with blue crossed swords and 4 marks and later, various Pressnummern and incised marks
Each piece painted with a bouquet of and scattered flower-sprays within gilt-line rims, comprising:
Two oval tureens and covers, each with two bouquets, the covers with puce and green foliage finials
Two shallow oval dishes
Two large deep oval dishes
Four small deep oval dishes
Four square dishes
Four leaf-shaped dishes with green branch handles with flower terminals Eighteen plates in two sizes
A slop-basin similar
Three breakfast-cups and saucers with ozier-moulded borders and gilt branch handles
(Some pieces restored, some riveted, some with chipping and cracks, the plates and dishes with extensive rubbing to gilt rims)
Provenance
Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837), Longleat, Wiltshire and by descent at Longleat.
Literature
1869 Inventory, 'A Marcolini Dresden Dessert Service painted with large bouquets of flowers'.
1896 Inventory (2nd Marquess' Heirloons), p. 118 v, Chapel Corridor, 'A Marcolini Dresden porcelain dessert service painted with large bouquets of flowers consisting of..'
1896 Inventory (2nd Marquess' Heirloons), p. 118 v, Chapel Corridor, 'A Marcolini Dresden porcelain dessert service painted with large bouquets of flowers consisting of..'
Special notice
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