251 - Rare set from a Meissen tea service featuring a miner’s motif

Rare set from a Meissen tea service featuring a miner’s motif 3-piece set; teapot and two teacups with saucers. The body, which is spherically domed above the round base, features ear-shaped handles. Teapot with an animal-head spout, a J-shaped rocaille handle, and a matching lid with a floral knob. On the front of the sides and on the interior surface, large-scale, varied scenes depicting the working lives of Saxon miners. Miners in conversation in front of an ore processing area, standing next to a vat or drawing water from a well in front of a stone wall dated 1748. Flowers on the bottom of the cups. Fine polychrome painting, likely by Gottlieb Bonaventura Häuer. Gold-point border and gold rim. Predominantly the gold-painter’s letter “S.” Various stamped numbers. Lid rosette minimally damaged; sword mark. Pitcher: H 10 cm, W 17.5 cm. Cup: H 5 cm. See cat. German Mining Museum, *Glück Auf!* 18th-Century Miners’ Porcelain, Middelschulte Collection, No. 74, No. 89, No. 58; Fabian, Meissen Porcelain with Miners’ Motifs, No. 78, No. 102. A rare porcelain tea set consisting of a tea jug and two tea cups with saucers depicting scenes from the life of a Saxon miner, probably painted by G. B. Häuer. Mostly marked with a gold letter “S.” One saucer is dated 1748. The rose on the lid is slightly chipped. Marked with crossed swords. Meissen. Circa 1748.