Description
Rare Meissen tea service with "Exotic water plants" decoration for six persons. 15 pieces; teapot, cream jug, sugar bowl, 6 cups with saucers, 6 confectionery plates. "Large cut-out" shape. Flower-shaped curved rims. The wall and the mirror with large depictions of various exotic plants, including the Miltonia orchid, water lily, marsh milkweed, sun and nymph star and arum in polychrome overglaze painting. Gold rim. Form designed by Ludwig Zepner, c. 1972, decor designed by Horst Bretschneider (born 1952), decor no. 500310, year mark. Sword mark. Jug h. 20 cm. Cup h. 5 cm. Plate d. 18.5 cm. The exotic plant motifs stand out against the white ground of the porcelain. Horst Bretschneider's designs, based on nature studies, are arranged into imaginative compositions, whereby the blossoms are delicately surrounded by the leaves, executed with broad brushstrokes and in partly restrained, pale green tones, and their plasticity is underlined by fine color accents. Cf. cat. Staatl. Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH, painting templates "Exotic aquatic plants", p. 5ff. A rare 15-piece porcelain tea set with polychrome painted decor "Exotic water plants" designed by H. Bretschneider. Form design by L. Zepner. Date marks. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. After 2000.
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Rare Meissen tea service with "Exotic water plants" decoration for six persons. 15 pieces; teapot, cream jug, sugar bowl, 6 cups with saucers, 6 confectionery plates. "Large cut-out" shape. Flower-shaped curved rims. The wall and the mirror with large depictions of various exotic plants, including the Miltonia orchid, water lily, marsh milkweed, sun and nymph star and arum in polychrome overglaze painting. Gold rim. Form designed by Ludwig Zepner, c. 1972, decor designed by Horst Bretschneider (born 1952), decor no. 500310, year mark. Sword mark. Jug h. 20 cm. Cup h. 5 cm. Plate d. 18.5 cm. The exotic plant motifs stand out against the white ground of the porcelain. Horst Bretschneider's designs, based on nature studies, are arranged into imaginative compositions, whereby the blossoms are delicately surrounded by the leaves, executed with broad brushstrokes and in partly restrained, pale green tones, and their plasticity is underlined by fine color accents. Cf. cat. Staatl. Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH, painting templates "Exotic aquatic plants", p. 5ff. A rare 15-piece porcelain tea set with polychrome painted decor "Exotic water plants" designed by H. Bretschneider. Form design by L. Zepner. Date marks. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. After 2000.
