Tête-à-tête en porcelaine de Meissen, vers 1765-70 A Meissen tête-à-tê
Tête-à-tête en porcelaine de Meissen, vers 1765-70
A Meissen tête-à-tête, circa 1765-70
Painted by Johann George Loehnig en grisaille with scenes of putti reserved on a pink ground, the tray with a scene depicting Venus lamenting the dead Adonis, framed with beribboned floral wreaths in gilding, comprising: a coffee pot and cover; a teapot and cover; a milk jug; a tea canister and cover; a sugar bowl and cover; a shaped oval tray, tray: 35.5cm diam., cups: 6.4cm high, saucers: 12cm diam., milk jug: 9.5cm high, the coffeepot: 15.5cm high, the teapot: 9.8cm high, the tea canister: 8.5cm high, the sugar bowl and cover: 9.2cm high, crossed swords mark and dot in underglaze-blue, some with B (14)
For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Condition
The teacups and saucers: Good condition apart from some minor flaking to the gilt rims.The milk jug: Spout restored, small haircrack to neck.Coffeepot and cover: The cover cleanly broken in 3 parts and restuck and finial replaced. The pot in good condition. A small surface scratch to one of the reserve scenes.The teapot and cover: Tip of spout restored. Tiny chip to footrim. Cover with spray.Tea canister and cover: Chipped petals to the flower finial. Otherwise good condition.Sugarbowl and cover: In good condition, some minor flaking to gilt rim of bowl and tiny flat chip to underside of cover's rim, one tiny chip to flower finial.Tray: Cleanly broken and restuck diagonally across the middle. There is a protective film applied to the entire surface of the tray's interior. Very minor rubbing and flaking to the gilding around the rim.
Tête-à-tête en porcelaine de Meissen, vers 1765-70
A Meissen tête-à-tête, circa 1765-70
Painted by Johann George Loehnig en grisaille with scenes of putti reserved on a pink ground, the tray with a scene depicting Venus lamenting the dead Adonis, framed with beribboned floral wreaths in gilding, comprising: a coffee pot and cover; a teapot and cover; a milk jug; a tea canister and cover; a sugar bowl and cover; a shaped oval tray, tray: 35.5cm diam., cups: 6.4cm high, saucers: 12cm diam., milk jug: 9.5cm high, the coffeepot: 15.5cm high, the teapot: 9.8cm high, the tea canister: 8.5cm high, the sugar bowl and cover: 9.2cm high, crossed swords mark and dot in underglaze-blue, some with B (14)
For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Condition
The teacups and saucers: Good condition apart from some minor flaking to the gilt rims.The milk jug: Spout restored, small haircrack to neck.Coffeepot and cover: The cover cleanly broken in 3 parts and restuck and finial replaced. The pot in good condition. A small surface scratch to one of the reserve scenes.The teapot and cover: Tip of spout restored. Tiny chip to footrim. Cover with spray.Tea canister and cover: Chipped petals to the flower finial. Otherwise good condition.Sugarbowl and cover: In good condition, some minor flaking to gilt rim of bowl and tiny flat chip to underside of cover's rim, one tiny chip to flower finial.Tray: Cleanly broken and restuck diagonally across the middle. There is a protective film applied to the entire surface of the tray's interior. Very minor rubbing and flaking to the gilding around the rim.
