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1938

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2025

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Coffee Service, Coffee Service with Flowers, ca. 1745

This is a coffee service. It was manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1745 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (coffeepot, overall: 1938-57-519-a,b): 24 × 17.5 × 12.5 cm (9 7/16 × 6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.) H x W x D (milk jug, overall: 1938-57-521-a,b): 15.2 × 12.8 × 8.4 cm (6 in. × 5 1/16 in. × 3 5/16 in.) H x W x D (sugar box, overall: 1938-57-522-a,b): 10.5 × 11.4 × 11 cm (4 1/8 × 4 1/2 × 4 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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