Dessert Service Of 36 Pieces In Meissen Porcelain

Dessert service of 36 pieces consisting of a set of 12 forks, 12 knives, 12 spoons in Meissen porcelain and vermeil. The handles have a polychrome painted decoration adorned with flowers, birds and gallantry scenes, each cutlery having a different decoration. Louis XV period Usual restorations, some crooked cutlery H. 20 cm The Meissen factory, founded in 1710 by the elector of Saxony Augustus the Strong, is the first European porcelain factory, until then imported from Asia. This material, highly prized by European elites due to the delicacy of its paste and its whiteness, ensured success for the factory, which initially produced porcelain in the oriental style, presenting motifs inspired by the Indies, from Japan and China, to gradually turn to a completely European ornamentation, once the reputation of the manufacture has been achieved. The Meissen factory produces hard porcelain, a porcelain whose recipe was jealously kept secret by the Meissen factory until the 19th century.