Tea service and stand

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1725 - c. 1730

This early Meissen porcelain tea service is richly painted with chinoiserie. A special stand was made for it in an even costlier material, silver gilt. The ensemble is a splendid decoration for the table, in which the individual pieces all contribute to the grand total impression. The service was probably made for Tsarina Elizabeth of Russia.

Artwork typeservice (set), eating & drinking utensils
Object numberBK-17420
Physical characteristicsbeschilderd en verguld porselein, verguld zilver

Identification

Title(s)
Tea service and stand
Object type
Object number
BK-17420
Description
Gemerkt theeservies op een stellage of onderstel (BK-17017).

Creation

Creation
- porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
- maker: Johannes Engelbrecht, Augsburg
- maker: Gottfried Jakob Mayr, Augsburg
Dating
- c. 1725 - c. 1730
- c. 1731 - c. 1732
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Material and technique

Physical description
beschilderd en verguld porselein, verguld zilver

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Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection Catherine the Great (1729-96);{Note RMA.} …; collection Hermitage, Petersburg, 1911, 1931;{Starye Gody, May 1911, image 11; Hofmann 1932, p. 506.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 216, no. Si. 56.} purchased from his estate, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.