The saucer decorated with the crowned Royal Arms of Denmark, reserved on the chain of the Order of the Elephant, the reverse with trailing branches of indianische Blumen, an insect and a bird, the teabowl with the crowned monogram of Christian VI, the reverse with a harbour scene in a gilt scrollwork cartouche iron-red and purple scrollwork and flower swags, the sides with indianische Blumen, a circular purple trellis medallion reserved with chrysanthemums to the inside, elaborate gilt scrollwork borders to the rims, saucer: 12.1cm across, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, gilt 1. to both pieces, incised / inside both footrims (2)
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Provenance:Given by Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, to King Christian VI of Denmark; his consortQueen Sophie Magdalene of Denmark (1700-70); Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, to 1794;Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, 1795-97;Sold in 1797 as part of lot 7 in the sale of property damaged in the 1795 fire at Christianborg Palace;Sold by the descendants of the purchaser in the above sale, Christie's London, 1 December 1986, lot 185 (part);The Hoffmeister Collection (acquired in 1990), sold in these Rooms, 26 May 2010, lot 70Literature:D. Hoffmeister, Meissenr Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, II (1999), no. 312Exhibited:Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, The Hoffmeister Coollection, 1999-2009This service was unusual for combining chinoiserie decoration and European harbour scenes, and for its size. When it was sold in 1797, it was described as including two waste bowls, two sugar boxes and eighteen pairs of teabowls, but no coffee pot. The waste bowl, two beakers and saucers and two teabowls and saucers were acquired by Rosenborg Castle in 1986. A teabowl and saucer from the service is in the Arnhold Collection, New York (M. Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain (2008), no. 100); another is in the Carabelli Collection (U. Pietsch, Frühes Mei?ener Porzellan Sammlung Carabelli (2000), no. 57); and others were sold in these Rooms, from the Marouf Collection on 2 December 2015. lot 41, and on 5 July 2018, lot 40. A Meissen desk set in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg is decorated with a fragment of a court calendar recording the birthdays of Christian VI and his consort, Sophia Magdalena, in 1735 (J. Lessmann, Porzellan (2006), p. 36).