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Lot 149

A Nymphenburg part coffee service, circa 1780

6 December 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £4,000

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A Nymphenburg part coffee service, circa 1780

Each decorated with an ikat textile pattern ('Atlasmuster') and brown-edged rims, comprising: a coffee pot and cover, a sugar bowl and cover and four cups and saucers, together with another coffee pot and cover with gilt rims and a miniature coffee cup, the coffee pot and cover: 21.4cm high, impressed shield marks, incised and impressed marks (haircrack to one cup, finial restuck of coffee pot cover) (15)

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Provenance:
The Sperling Collection, Munich

The so-called 'Atlasmuster' appears in the price lists ('Preiscourant') of 1792 as 'en taffent geflammt' and was based on a textile pattern also popular at other factories such as Vienna and Frankenthal. See A. Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan, Sammlung Bäuml (1997), nos. 658-667 for further examples.

As noted in the collector's introduction, Rückert considered the present lot to be the most complete early Nymphenburg coffee service decorated in this pattern.

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