VOLKSTEDT Coffee and tea service with miner motif - VOLKSTEDT Coffee and tea service with miner motif 18th century. White porcelain with polychrome painting, various depictions of Saxon miners in fine polychrome painting with gold staffage in the so-called island style, consisting of 1 coffee pot, 1 teapot, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl, 1 tea caddy and 3 cups with saucers, maker's mark, the lids of the teapot and tea caddy replaced, the inside of the coffee pot lid minimally chipped, 1 cup and the milk jug minimally chipped, the gold decoration rubbed in places

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