A MEISSEN LARGE CIRCULAR DISH FROM THE 'GELBER LOWE' SERVICE, AND A MEISSEN KAKIEMON COFFEE POT AND COVER, CIRCA 1735-45

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A MEISSEN LARGE CIRCULAR DISH FROM THE 'GELBER LOWE' SERVICE, AND A MEISSEN KAKIEMON COFFEE POT AND COVER, CIRCA 1735-45

each painted in Kakiemon style with a tiger curling round a blue bamboo shoot facing flowering prunus branches issuing from a tree-stump, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue, K[önigliche]•H[of]•K[onditorei]• pantry mark in purple enamel, impressed numeral 22; the coffee pot of lobed form, painted with the 'Three Friends of Winter' pattern, with prunus, pine and bamboo issuing from rockwork, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue.
height of coffee pot 8 ½ in.; diameter of dish 13 ⅛ in.
21.6 cm ; 33.3 cm

Condition Report:
In overall good condition, some minor patches of glaze wear and very minor scattered flaking. The branch finial of cover of teapot with some small chips flaking to green enamel. The cover with a brown enamel rim but the flowers appear to match with main body.

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Provenance:
Coffee pot: Guest & Gray London, bearing label