Meissen Porcelain demitasse cup & saucer. First Quality

Stock Number: – OWA1891

Date: - Circa 1951-53

Materials: – Since the beginings of Meissen porcelain which can be dated back to experiments in 1708. The quality and production of Meissen porcelain has its beginnings in the manufactory’s own mine near the city of Meissen, where the purest kaolin is sourced day after day. This white clay is the key to the striking radiance of Meissen porcelain. The precise blending of kaolin with native feldspar and quartz has been refined in Meissen over the past 300 years and is still completed by hand to this day.

Country of Origin: – Germany

Description: – A beautiful mid-century Meissen porcelain demitasse cup and saucer. Each piece is beautifully painted with a spray of summer flowers. The demitasse cup is 5cm tall and 6.5cm across the rim, the saucer is 11cm across. The whole weighs 0.150kg. First quality porcelain and marks.

Size & Weight: – The  cup is 5cm tall and 6.5cm across the rim, the saucer is 11cm across. The weight as a whole is 150g

Condition: – This beautiful First choice demi is in super cabinet condition. There are no chips, cracks, hairlines, crazing, losses or restoration. The gilding and band of flowers are bright and crisp. See images.

Photography: - Please look at the images as they show a true status of this delightful demitasse. There are some green light reflections seen on one image following the photography and are not discolourations to the glaze. The saucer looks darker in the images but this is purely the light source failing and not the colour of the porcelain.

History & Marks:– The porcelain is marked with the standard Meissen crossed swords and dot close to the rim under the crossed swords which indicates it was made between 1951-53. A good Reference Book on Meissen Porcelain was written by Robert E Röntgen in 1984 called The Book of Meissen ISBN 10: 0887400140 / ISBN 13: 9780887400148 Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Pennsylvania, 1984

Declaration:– This demitasse is original Meissen porcelain from the time period described. 

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