Coffee-service

Meissen, Germany, ca. 1790

Glazed and painted porcelain.

H: 20 cm (pot without cover)

Markings: swords and star in blue

UMP 7507

Coffee-pot, sugar bowl, and cup and saucer of Neoclassical conical form with a high angular handle. The marking corresponds to the period between 1774 and 1814, when the porcelain factory was managed by Count Camillo Marcolini. Meissen ware from that period was marked with a star connected to the traditional crossed swords.