
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
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Department Director

Head of Department, Director

Head of Sale
Provenance:
British Private Collection, assembled in the 1950s and 1960s
The earliest archival mention of such chocolate cups is in August 1756, when 48 were delivered to the Warsaw Hofconditorei; another eight were delivered in September 1760 (J. Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern (2013), II, no. 264; the author notes that by 1765 only 30 remained, and that some had been moved to the Kurprinzliche Konditorei (Crown Prince's Confectionary).