Painted by Anna Elisabeth Wald, née Auffenwerth
With polychrome Chinoiseries
The only completely preserved service with polychrome Auffenwerth chinoiseries.
Böttger porcelain before and after the introduction of the swords mark around 1723 /24; the painting ca. 1730.
With the mirror monogram of Anna Elisabeth Wald: "EAW" within the painting
Provenance
The Pauls-Eisenbeiss Collection, Riehen (Cat. 1972 Vol. I pp. 384, 385)
Elfriede Langeloh (publication 2010)
German Private Collection
Published in ‘Meissner Porzellan bemalt in Augsburg, 1718 bis um 1750.’ Vol I: ‘Goldmalereien und bunte Chinoiserien.’ Braunschweig 1971 fig. 381
1. Coffee pot
Height: 19,7 cm / 16 cm (without lid)
Böttger porcelain, underglazed blue, early swords mark, no incised marks
Illustrated in Ducret I fig. 382
2. Tea pot
Height: 14,1 cm / 9,7 cm (without lid)
No swords mark, no incised mark
Illustrated in Ducret I colour plate X after p. 36
3. Bowl
Ø 16,8 – 17,4 cm / Height: 7,6 – 8 cm
No swords mark, no incised mark
Illustrated in Ducret I fig. 384
4. Tea caddy
Height: 11,6 cm / 10 cm (without lid)
No swords mark, no incised mark
Colour illustration frontispiece in Keramos 50 / 1970 p. 3
5. Milk pot
Height: 13.9 cm / 10.5 cm (without lid)
No sword mark, no incised mark
Illustrated in Ducret I fig. 383
6. Sugar box
Height: 7,9 cm
Early underglaze blue swords mark with knobs, no incised mark
Illustrated in Ducret I colour illustration V after p. 10
7. – 12. Six beakers with large saucers
Beakers: All with early, small underglaze blue swords marks with knobs, no incised marks
Height: 7.2 - 7.4 cm / Ø 7.4 - 7.5 cm
One cup illustrated in Pauls-Eisenbeiss p. 387
Saucers: Ø 13.4 cm / Height: 2,6 – 2,8 cm
No sword mark, no incised mark
Illustrated in Ducret I colour illustration IX after p. 32
13. – 18. Six cups with saucers
Cups: Five pieces with underglaze blue sword mark and with Dallwitz’s nail, two of them with large swords marks with knobs, one cup without marks, Height: 4,2 – 4,6 cm
Saucers: Ø 12,5 – 12,7 cm
Two saucers with little underglaze blue swords marks
Illustrated in Ducret I fig. 385
Six gilt silver spoons by Elias Adam with “EA” mark, Augsburg 1731 – 33
Dimensions of the suitcase: 62 cm wide, 46 cm deep, 21.4 cm high
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