Coffeepot (part of a service)

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
 Mounts by Elias Adam German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533

The pieces of this service (1974.356.424–.430) come from one of the most richly decorated Meissen tea and coffee services. The gold background was added after the enamel was fired, either at the factory or in Augsburg, where the gilt-silver mounts were applied. This model was the most commonly produced at Meissen in the 1720s and 1730s. The design of the low octagonal sugar box dates to the earliest years of the factory; this example can be assigned to 1726–27 based on stylistic grounds as well as the factory mark KPM on the base.

Coffeepot (part of a service), Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Hard-paste porcelain and silver-gilt, German, Meissen with German, Augsburg mounts

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Coffeepot (part of a service), Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Hard-paste porcelain and silver-gilt, German, Meissen with German, Augsburg mounts
Coffeepot (part of a service), Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Hard-paste porcelain and silver-gilt, German, Meissen with German, Augsburg mounts

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