Category
Ceramics and Porcelains
Medium
Porcelain
Distinguishing marks
Rosenthall mark plus "Vereinte Kunstgewerbler Darmstadt"
Condition
Excellent
Date Period
1904-1908
Size and dimensions of this item
5 piece tea service -- serving plate, creamer, sugar bowl, teapot and larger teapot
Long Description
A product of the Darmstadt Artists' Colony, one of the leading groups in Art Nouveau in the early 1900's, this set warrants a photo and half page description in The History of Porcelain, edited by Paul Atterbury (1982). The excerpt is one of the attached photos. It is also in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts(http://www.artsmia.org/MODERNISM/image_school.cfm?oid=203) and (http://www.artsmia.org/MODERNISM/text.cfm?oid=203)
History
It was a wedding gift to my greatgrandmother in 1907
eBay Auction Link
Price Paid (If known)
Passed down through family
For Sale?
No