EXTREMELY RARE MEISSEN STYLE BLUE ONION PORCELAIN TEA TRIO - KIRCHENLAMITZ, BAVARIA
THIS IS THE 3rd LISTED ANTIQUE MEISSEN STYLE BLUE ONION TEA TRIO MANUFACTURED BY KIRCHENLAMITZ. ALL THREE LISTED TRIOS ARE IDENTICAL IN EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR DESIGN, AGE ETC.
A RARE ANTIQUE PORCELAIN TEA TRIO CONSISTING OF A TEACUP, SAUCER AND TEA PLATE ALL MANUFACTURED BY KIRCHENLAMITZ, BAVARIA IN THE MEISSEN BLUE ONION PATTERNING, MARKED BY HAND UNDERGLAZE WITH THE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS STYLE MARK. IN 1921 A CROWN WAS ADDED ABOVE THE MARK TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM MEISSEN. THIS PRISTINE TEA TRIO OF THREE PORCELAIN ITEMS WAS MANUFACTURED BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CROWN
KIRCHENLAMITZ STARTED OUT AS A TEXTILE FACTORY IN THE TOWN OF KIRCHNLAMITZ BUT WAS TAKEN OVER BY OSCAR SCHALLER & Co, A BRANCH OF THE GEBRUDER WINTERLING COMPANY, AND CONVERTED INTO A PORCELAIN MANUFACTURER IN 1920. EDUARD WINTERLING BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY AND CHANGED THE ORIGINAL KIRCHENLAMITZ CROSS MARK BY ADDING THE CROWN IN 1921. IN 1950 THE COMPANY WAS MAJORITY OWNED BY THE WINTERLING FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE FAMILY RENAMED ALL THE SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES TO GEBRUDER WINTERLING RESULTING IN THE BLUE CROSS MARK NO LONGER BEING USED
THE TEACUP, SAUCER AND TEA PLATE HAVE EACH BEEN DECORATED IN THE ANTIQUE BLUE ONION PATTERN, HAND PAINTED AND DEPICTING A FLORAL DECOR OF WHITE AND BLUE FLOWERS WITH LEAVES AGAINST A WHITE BACKGROUND, WITH THE TEACUP HAVING BEEN DECORATED IN A SPECTACULAR COBALT BLUE
BOTH THE SAUCER AND TEA PLATE HAVE WONDERFULLY SCALLOPED RIMS WITH BLUE TRIM FOLLOWING THE CONTOURS OF THE RIM WHILE THE TEACUP IS A GRADUATED DESIGN WITH BLUE TRIM BENEATH THE RIM BOTH ON THE INSIDE AND OUT. THE SCROLL HANDLE IS BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED TO DIVIDE INTO TWO SEPARATE PARTS AS IT ATTACHES TO THE CUP BENEATH THE RIM AND THE ATTACHMENTS ARE CRAFTED IN EMBOSSED LEAF DETAIL
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEMS ARE EACH STAMPED UNDERNEATH WITH THE BLUE CROSS MARK WITHOUT THE CROWN USED BETWEEN 1920 and 1921 AND "BAVARIA" THE TEA PLATE AND SAUCER HAVE AN ADDITIONAL "GERMANY" AND ALTHOUGH THE SAUCERS MARK IS FADED WITH AGE IT CAN STILL BE DISTINGUISHED
CONDITION : ALL THREE ITEMS IN THE TRIO ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION HAVING NO DAMAGES, CRACKS, CHIPS OR CRAZING ETC
SIZE : TEA PLATE - 2.5cm HEIGHT OF RIM..... 11cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....19.2cm DIAMETER OF RIM
SAUCER - 3cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....8cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....13.8cm DIAMETER OF RIM
TEACUP - 6.6cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....3.5cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....8.8cm DIAMETER OF RIM
ONE BID FOR ALL THREE ITEMS AS A LOT/TRIO
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