Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
ROCOCO STYLE
Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.
The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.
When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.
The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.
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Style: Rococo
Set Five Dutch Delft Charger & Plates Hand Painted C-1800 Diameters 12.25" & 9"
Located in Katonah, NY
This group of five hand painted Dutch Delft polychrome plates makes a lovely set.
Each plate features a flower-filled garden scene in the center with predominant blue, green, and yel...
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Early 1800s Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
Antique Cobalt Dresden Porcelain Charger with Hand-painted Scene of Lovers
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this fabulous cobalt Dresden charger hand-painted with a scene of lovers. It was made by Richard Klemm Dresden in aroun...
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1890s German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Ancient Italian Coffee Pot, Coppellotti Manufacture, Lodi, Circa 1740
By Antonio Maria Coppellotti
Located in Milano, IT
Coffee pot
Antonio Maria Coppellotti Manufacture
Lodi, Circa 1740
High fire polychrome maiolica
It measures: 7.87 in x 6,49 x 5.11 (20 cm x 16,5 x 13); weight 1.23 lb (561 g)
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1730s Italian Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Antique Cobalt Dresden Porcelain Charger with Hand-painted Scene of Lovers
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this fabulous cobalt Dresden charger hand-painted with a scene of lovers. It was made by Richard Klemm Dresden in aroun...
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1890s German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Twelve KPM Dinner Plates Each Painted with a Different Puce Flower Bouquet
Located in Boston, MA
This is an amazing set of twelve KPM dinner plates, each hand-painted with a different puce colored flower bouquets. It has a central flower painting with three different bouquet medallions painted outside the central flower bouquet. You can see the raised white decoration depicting leaves and trees between the three flower medallions when you scroll through these pictures. Inside the border of the plates, is an elaborate gold decoration surrounded by a striking puce and gold border. Diameter of plates is 10.13 inches These dinner plates would make a fabulous eye catching table setting. These would also be a stunning decoration in any home.
Price for set of 12 KPM plates...
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1910s German Vintage Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Continental Rococo Style Silver Plate & Mirrored Plateau, early 20th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Of classical Rococo form with a scalloped edges, retaining original mirror plate, raised on small feet
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Early 1900s European Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Set of Five Purple Delft Dishes Hand Painted 18th Century Circa 1770
By Hugo Brouwer
Located in Katonah, NY
A set of five antique Dutch Delft dishes beautifully hand painted with manganese-based purple.
The dishes show a peony plant in full bloom.
The maker was Hugo Brouwer. Brouwer created the design, and each dish would have been hand-painted in his factory, The Dreye Porceleyne Flesschen, using a stencil of his design.
Each dish is signed with Brouwer's H-B mark.
Dimensions: diameter 9"
Condition: Excellent
Price: $500 for the 5 plates
Background of Hugo Brouwer:
Maker: Hugo Brouwer (active 1760–1788) at The Dreye Porceleyne Flesschen (The Thee Porcelain Bottles) factory.
Ref: C.H. De Jonge...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
French 18th Century Emerald Green Gilt Faceted Wine Glass
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Very charming French 18th Century hand blown wine glass in emerald green and gold leaf decorations. The glass is notched at the stem and features a scene with a house with trees, flo...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Fantastic Silver Snuff Box, Jerusalem late 19th Century. Hebrew judaica
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully engraved silver snuff box from Jerusalem from the late 19th century is finely crafted and is a piece that reflects the rich cultural heritage and craftsmanship of the r...
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Late 19th Century Israeli Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Set Eight Blue and White Delft Chargers Hand Painted Netherlands Ca. 1780-1820
By Delft
Located in Katonah, NY
This set of eight blue and white Delft chargers was made at De Vergulde Bloempot and De Klaaw in the Netherlands between 1780 and 1820.
They feature the gorgeous "Peacock" pattern, o...
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Early 1800s Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
Delft Peacock 'Pauwenstaart' plate - De Claauw
By De Klaauw
Located in DELFT, NL
Dutch Delft blue and white 'Peacock' plate, 18th century, with ochre rim, the center decorated in cobalt with a vase containing an arrangement of peacock feathers and flowers. The ri...
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Late 18th Century Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Faience
A fine pair of 18th century Sèvres soft paste porcelain Bottle Coolers
Located in Exeter, GB
A fine pair of 18th century Sèvres soft paste porcelain Bottle Coolers (Seaux à bouteille). The Etruscan shaped coolers, each with two loop handles, finely decorated with a turquoise...
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Rococo Style Four-Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set, Italy, 1984
Located in Cagliari, IT
Magnificent set of 4 pieces in sterling silver consisting of one teapot, one coffee pot, one milk jug and one sugar box hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari.
Splendid ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair Antique 18C Meissen Porcelain Neuozier Marcolini Period Plates with Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Neuozier pattern plates.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Decorated with Deutsche Blumen floral sprays to the center and sides including roses...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Very Large Blue and White Delft Jar Belgium circa 1880
Located in Katonah, NY
This fabulous Delft jar is painted with traditional deep cobalt blue on a tin-glazed ground.
The jar has six panels, which alternate between flowers in a basket and ferns with scroll...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
18th Century Sèvres style porcelain Bottle Cooler (Seaux a bouteille)
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Sèvres style blue ground and gilt metal mounted Seaux a bouteille, the blue ground body with two opposing painted oval panels within a gilt lattice work and dot pattern ...
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1760s French Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Dresden Tea Set with Hand-Painted Flowers and Raised Figural Faces of Ladies
Located in Boston, MA
I want to offer you this fabulous Helena Wolfson Dresden tea set decorated with hand-painted flower bouquets and raised figural faces of ladies. It inc...
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1890s German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain, Cedar
18th Century Meissen Figurine of a Lady
Located in Basildon, GB
A good 18th Century Meissen Figurine of a Lady, circa 1740, modelled by Peter Reinecke wearing a hat with a ribbon, floral dress and holding a bouquet of flowers and standing on a fl...
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1740s German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Purple Indian Serving Bowl
Located in Boston, MA
We are offering you this lovely Meissen purple Indian serving bowl. It has detailed paintings of pink flowers with some purple and gold accents ...
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1960s German Vintage Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Maiolica Ancient Sugar Bowl, Lodi, 1770-1780
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica sugar bowl
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, Circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 3.54 x 4.52 x 3.54 in (9 x 11,5 x 9 cm)
Weight: 0.394 lb (0.179 kg)
State of conservation: small and slight chips on the edges.
The small sugar bowl has a swollen and ribbed body resting on a flat base. The cap-shaped lid follows the rib of the container and is topped with a small knob in the shape of a two-colored fruit.
The sugar bowl is painted “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) with the characteristic floral motif of bunches and isolated semis.
An example which closely corresponds to this one is kept at the Civic Museum in Lodi (G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia, Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137).
This decorative style represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and later introduced by Antonio Ferretti to Italy. The production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple.
The Ferretti family started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725.
The forefather Simpliciano started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces starting from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59).
In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory.
In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, was able to commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables, both with or without contour lines, as well as in purple or green monochrome. After efforts to introduce more industrial production techniques to the sector succeeded, even the Ferretti manufacture, in the last decade of the eighteenth century, started heading towards decline despite its attempts to adapt production to neoclassical tastes.
In 1796 the Napoleonic battle for the conquest of the Lodi bridge over the Adda definitively compromised the furnaces. Production resumed, albeit in a rather stunted manner, until Antonio's death on 29 December 1810. (M. L. Gelmini, pp. 28-30, 38, 43 sgg., 130-136 (for Simpliciano); pp. 31 sgg., 45-47, 142-192 (for Antonio).
Bibliography
G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi Milano e Pavia Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137;
C. Baroni, Storia delle ceramiche nel Lodigiano, in Archivio storico per la città e i comuni del circondario e della diocesi di Lodi, XXXIV (1915), pp. 118, 124, 142; XXXV (1916), pp. 5-8;
C. Baroni, La maiolica antica di Lodi, in Archivio storico lombardo, LVIII (1931), pp. 453-455;
L. Ciboldi, La maiolica lodigiana, in Archivio storico lodigiano, LXXX (1953), pp. 25 sgg.;
S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, pp. 17 sgg.;
A. Novasconi - S. Ferrari - S. Corvi, La ceramica lodigiana, Lodi 1964, ad Indicem; Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia (catal.), Milano 1964, p. 17;
O. Ferrari - G. Scavizzi, Maioliche italiane del Seicento e del Settecento, Milano 1965, pp. 26 sgg.;
G. C. Sciolla, Lodi. Museo civico, Bologna 1977, pp. 69-85 passim; G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981;
M. Vitali, in Storia dell'arte ceramica...
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1770s Italian Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Antique Silver Toilet Set for the Duke of Parma by Josef Carl Klinkosch
Located in London, GB
Antique silver toilet set for the Duke of Parma by Josef Carl Klinkosch
Austrian, Late 19th Century
Largest (mirror): Height 57cm, width 53cm, depth 4cm, depth when open 36cm
Case: Height 21cm, width 60cm, depth 66cm
Crafted by Josef Carl Klinkosch (Austrian, 1822-1888), the imperial silversmith to Emperor Franz Joseph (1830-1916) and Empress Sisi...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Italian Maiolica Ancient Tureen, Lodi, 1770-1780
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica tureen
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 9.05 x 12.59 x 9.05 in (23 x 32 x 23 cm)
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1770s Italian Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
19th Century German Porcelain Kpm Berlin Hand Painted Double Salt
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This open salt was made in the 19th century in typical Rococo style. The interior of the salt basin and the stand is delicately painted with birds, flowers and insects. In the center...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Enamel
Very Early Meissen Lidded Tureen With Cornucopia Putto On Presentoir, 1763-1773
Located in Vienna, AT
Oval porcelain vessel on a flat stand with slightly bulging walls, with two rocaille handles with asparagus bundles, the slightly outward-turned opening edge serving as a support for...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Dresden Potschappel Porcelain Flower Encrusted Bottle Neck Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Dresden porcelain vase.
By Thieme Potschappel.
Decorated throughout with encrusted porcelain flowers and painted scenes. One side of the bottle is painted with flowers, the other with a scene of 3 children in colonial/medieval garb.
With gilt highlights.
Simply a lovely porcelain vase!
Date:
20th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs.
Condition Details:
There are typical losses to the flowers & foliage. Otherwise, there are some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Marks:
Marked to the base with a Thieme...
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20th Century German Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Minton Dinner Plates Decorated with Ribbons of Raised Gilded Jeweling
By Minton
Located in Boston, MA
This is a fabulous set of 12 Minton Dinner plates decorated with gilt vases of flowers and ribbons of raised gold jeweling. Minton made them for Da...
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1910s Vintage Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Reticulated Fluted Bowl with a Bright & Colorful Central Flower Bouquet
Located in Boston, MA
I am offering you this beautiful Meissen reticulated and fluted bowl. It has a bright and colorful large flower bouquet in the center of the bowl w...
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1890s German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Large Blue and White Delft Charger 18th Century Made circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this Antique blue and white Delft charger with a well-painted landscape showing a house and trees. The decoration is crisp. The scene is framed by an attracti...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
Meissen Porcelain Pot-Pourri Vase, Germany, 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Meissen porcelain pot-pourri vase, Germany, 19th century.
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Samson Derby Figures of Autumn & Spring
By Edmé Samson
Located in Basildon, GB
Pair of 19th Century Samson Derby Figures of Autumn & Spring, A girl is depicted as Autumn, in a green bodice and flower decorated skirt with puce sash, with a bunch of grapes in one...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen 'Pantalone and Columbine' , Model 279
Located in Basildon, GB
Meissen figure group of 'Pantalone and Columbine'
Columbine seated holding a mask under her right arm, wearing a pink-lined green cloak and Pantalone in a salmon pink-lined cloak, ...
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Late 20th Century German Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Delft Charger Hand Painted Polychrome Colors 18th Century Netherlands C-1780
Located in Katonah, NY
Made in the Netherlands circa 1780, this lovely Delft charger features a hand painted bouquet of beautiful flowers.
We see a large yellow tulip, yellow tulip buds, and bright blue le...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
A Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures of a Man and Woman in Attire
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures of a Man and Woman in 18th C. Attire. This pair of figures depicts a man and woman in 18th-century pastoral attire, each standing on a gilt-accented rocaille base. The woman wears a cream-colored tricorn hat with a floral accent, a fitted blue bodice with detailed buttons and ruffled cuffs, and a flowing skirt with a delicate purple floral pattern. She holds a white cloth in one hand while raising the other in an expressive gesture. Her finely painted features, softly curled hair, and light blue shoes...
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1860s German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Delft Vase Hand Painted 18th Century Netherlands, circa 1760
Located in Katonah, NY
This blue and white Delft jar was made in the Netherlands in the early 18th century, circa 1730.
The jar is covered in a gorgeous light blue glaze traditional to much early 18th ce...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
20th Century Peruvian Silver Tea and Coffee Set by Camusso
Located in London, GB
20th century Peruvian silver tea and coffee set by Camusso
Peru, Early 20th Century
Tray: Height 5cm, width 78cm, depth 45cm
Teapot on stand: Height 48cm, width 23cm, depth 21cm...
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20th Century Peruvian Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
18th Century Rococo German Painted and Gilt Wine Cooler in the Form of a Swan
Located in Troy, NY
Extraordinary wine-cooler in the form of a beautifully sculpted, gilt and polychromed Swan of impressive stature, makes certainly the conversation-piece of the party. The white paint...
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18th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Tin
19th century German Meissen painted porcelain model of a Pigeon
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb quality 19th century Meissen painted porcelain model of a Pigeon, with feathered feet, on a rocky base, with unglazed blue crossed swords mark to the base, incised '827'.
C...
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19th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Venetian Lacquered Tray
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Wooden Venetian Lacquered Tray. Tray features floral decoration and a rural scene with figures depicting Venetian life, all on burgundy background. Tray showcases beauti...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Antique Meissen 68-Piece Floral Dinner Service
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service
German, c. 1900
Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm
Square salad bowl:...
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Early 1900s German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Brass Lid: Hanover, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop: De Vergulde Bloempot (The Gilded Flowerpot)
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an o...
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1780s Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Blue and White Delft Charger Hand-Painted, Netherlands, 18th Century, Circa 1760
Located in Katonah, NY
The entire surface of this blue and white Dutch Delft charger is covered in deep beautiful cobalt blue coloring.
The center of the charger is filled with lovely hand-painted peonies...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Mount Parnassus
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Apollo and the Nine Muses on Mount Parnassus.
Comprised of sixteen interlocking parts. Apollo standing holding a lyre and with Pegasus besides a tree, atop a rocky outcrop detailed with foliage and waterfalls above nine goddesses:
Calliope, seated and shown writing, representing eloquence and epic poetry.
Clio, seated with an open book and blowing a trumpet, representing history.
Erato, seated and holding a kithara, representing science and the arts
Euterpe, seated and holding a flute, representing music.
Melpomene, seated holding a knife and with one hand to her head, representing tragedy.
Thalia, seated and holding aloft mask, representing comedy and idyllic poetry.
Urania, seated with telescope and globe, representing astronomy and astrology,
Polyhymnia, standing with one hand raised and holding a book, representing sacred poetry.
Terpsichore, standing, representing dance.
Each piece exceptionally finely detailed and painted. The base portions with rocaille edges. On a later black polished wooden base.
Multiple blue crossed swords marks. Each piece titled to underside.
German, Circa 1880.
Mount Parnassus, is a spur of the Pindus Mountains in central Greece and was sacred to the ancient Greeks and in mythology to Apollo, the god of music and poetry and of the Sun and light. Mount Parnassus the mythical centre of poetry, music, and learning in ancient Greece was a popular theme in Barqoue and Rococo art, often substitutable with Athena’s arrival at Mount Helicon from the fifth book of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, where she asks the Muses to show her the new spring which gushed forth from the spot where Pegasus “with his hoof of horn opened the earth” (V, 250-260).
Here, the mountain, formed from rugged rock cliffs, culminates in a plateau on which the youthful Apollo stands and plays the lyre. The Castalian spring flows from beneath Pegasus’ hoof, representing the source of inspiration and attracting the nine muses, who embody the arts and inspire creation through song, music, and dance.
Mount Parnassus was created at the Meissen porcelain manufactory as a table centrepiece and an earlier version, apparently with only five muses, is listed in the inventory of the pastry shop of the Meissen manufactory manager and cabinet minister Heinrich Graf Brühl in 1753. The storage in the pastry shop of approximately 3,000 objects and dishes, including many individual parts for centrepieces, is related to their function as table decorations, replacing decorations previously made by the confectioner from perishable materials such as sugar or wax.
The purpose of this table decoration was as a feast for the eyes to accompany the feast of the banquet. The sculptural figurines often depicted a particular theme, with characters drawn from theatre and opera, from classical mythology or pastoral idylls. Allegories and mythological themes, such as the glorification of fine arts, were also popular. Stylistically, Mount Parnassus fits Kändler’s style of the 1740s, and was sold by Brühl in 1762 to Frederick the Great of Prussia who used mythology as a means of self-expression and had already ordered individual figures of Apollo and the Muses as table decorations in 1744. Today it is in the Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt (inv. no. M.L. 41). There is another version of Mount Parnassus, from the collection of Prince Alexander Dolgorukoff, in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg.
The present version dates to the second half of the nineteenth century when there was a great revival of Kändler rococo figurines which were reissued and a “Second Rococo”. Another nineteenth century example is in the collection of the Museo Francesco Borgogna, Italy (inv. 1906, XIII, 19-20). These nineteenth century versions were made by the Meissen factory using Kändler's period models. It is recorded that a new version of Mount Parnassus, dating to the 1880s, was part of the Royal Porcelain collection in Dresden:
'In the porcelain collection there is a new version from the 1880s based on the old models, the largest group of this genre, the Parnassus, which shows the named muses all around on the lower part of the rock, each practising their own art, while on the top there is Apollo with the lyre and next to it the Castalian spring rises from the hoofbeat of Pegasus. Each figure is executed individually with its rocky background, and all the pieces are then fitted together, as we have already seen in his earlier, larger compositions. The rock pieces are finished off like a pedestal at the bottom with Rococo ornaments.' (Jean Louis Sponsel, Kabinettstücke der Meissner Porzellan-manufaktur von Johann Joachim Kändler, Leipzig, 1900, pp. 203-204).
Kunst und kunsthandwerk; monatsschrift herausgegeben vom Österreichischen museum fuer kunst und industrie, Vienna, 1894, v.7 pt.1, p.133.
Kari Berling, Das Meißner Porzellan und seine Geschichte. Leipzig 1900, S. 99, 187-200.
Helmuth Gröger, Johann Joachim Kaendler. Dresden, 1956.
Peter W Meister, Franz Adrian Dreier, Figürliche Keramik aus zwei Jahrtausenden. Kat Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt. Frankfurt 1964, Nr. 90.
Rainer Rückert, Meißener Porzellan, 1710-1810. Kat. Ausst. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München. München 1966.
Stefan Bursche, Tafelzier des Barock. München 1974, Abb. 300.
"Tafelaufsatz, Der Parnass", Auswahlkatalog, Museum für Kunsthandwerk (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1987, pp. 86-87.
Alfred Ziffer, ‘Meissener Porzellanplastik für fürstliches Interieur und Zeremoniell’, Keramos, Issue 241/242, pp. 29–52.
MEISSEN
The production of Meissen porcelain began in 1710 at the manufactory at Meissen...
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19th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
18th-century First Period Worcester Porcelain Rococo Botanical Blue-Scale Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
The 18th Century First Period Worcester porcelain botanical kidney-shaped dish has a blue-scale ground with four large shaped panels and four smaller vase-shaped panels on the rim, all finely painted with flowers.
The vase-form panels each have a single flower while the larger panels are painted with an assortment of flowers, each has a distinctive long stemmed flower...
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Mid-18th Century English Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group Six Figurines Allegory of Earth by Acier Model D 83
Located in Norwood, NJ
Large Meissen group of figurines which are Allegory of Earth assembled around a Lion's Figurine.
Manufactory: Meissen Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword M...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Berlin Porcelain Tureen, by KPM, Beautifully Decorated
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Konigliche Porcelain Manufactur of the 18th Century was finaced by
Friedrich II. The fabrication of porcelain was stricktly controlled as far
as productivity as well as quality w...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Nymphenburg Porcelain Figurine of the Disturbed Slumberer/Der Gestörte Schlummer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Nymphenburg porcelain figurine.
Entitled "Der Gestörte Schlummer", which translates to English as "The Disturbed Slumber".
After the 18th Century Frankenthal Porcelain model modeled by Johann Friedrich Lück.
Depicting a sleeping gallant attended to (and being awakened by) two maidens. The gallant is sleeping on patches of grass that are supported by a stylized Rococo rocaille base.
Simply a wonderful antique Nymphenburg figurine...
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Early 20th Century German Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Eleven Hammersley & Co. Wide Rim Soups with Raised Gilded Flowers on Rim
By Hammersley
Located in Boston, MA
This is a beautiful set of eleven Hammersley and Company English wide rim soup bowls. They were exclusively made for Ovington Brothers in New York, which...
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1910s English Vintage Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Delft Charger Hand-Painted, Netherlands, 18th Century, Circa 1760
Located in Katonah, NY
The entire surface of this blue and white Dutch Delft charger is covered in deep beautiful cobalt blue coloring.
The center of the charger is filled with lovely hand-painted peonies...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
Set of 16 19th Century Coalport Plates Each Hand-Painted with Magnificent Scenes
Located in Boston, MA
I want to offer you this rare exquisite set of sixteen Coalport plates Each plate is painted with beautiful scenery of different castles, churches, palaces, lochs, valleys and bridge...
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1870s English Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Delft Blue and White Vase Hand Painted 18th Century circa 1780 Netherlands
Located in Katonah, NY
Made circa 1780, this 18th century Dutch Delft vase was hand painted with floral decoration of flowers and scrolling vines.
A beautiful deep cobalt blue covers most of the surface....
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
Large Antique Richard Klemm Dresden Porcelain Platter with Deutsche Blumen Decor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and large Dresden porcelain tray or platter by Richard Klemm.
With a ribbed, scalloped border and deep central well.
Richly decorated with ...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of Meissen Bronze Table Lamps With Motto Children, by MV Acier, 1775-1814
Located in Vienna, AT
With porcelain figures from the original period of origin around 1775:
Two electrified bronze lamps with gilding: a profiled pedestal in a triangular shape with beveled corners as a ...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Antique Meissen Neu Brandenstein Gravy or Sauce Boat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Meissen gravy or sauce boat.
By the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Having tin handles, two spouts, and an integral undertray.
In the Neu Brandenstein...
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Early 20th Century German Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Sterling Silver Soup Tureen Hammered Italian Venice Rococo
By Charles Nicolas Odiot
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Impressive Antique Georgian Italian Sterling Silver soup tureen
Style & period Rococo, Georgian, Antique, Italian, Venice
Design: Italian
The fine hand crafted hammered body stand on four scrolled acanthus leaf legs
The cover surmounted by a sculptural solid silver pomegranate...
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1760s Italian Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fine 18th c Dutch Polychrome Painted Delft Charger
Located in valatie, NY
A fine 18th c Dutch Polychrome painted delft charger, decorated with vibrantly colored stylized tulips and flowers painted in manganese, green, yellow...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
20th Century Spanish Silver Rococo Style Tea and Coffee Service
Located in London, GB
20th century Spanish silver Rococo style tea and coffee service,
Spanish, 20th century
Kettle on stand: Height 44cm, width 23cm, depth 16cm
Milk jug: Height 12cm, width 13cm, depth 9cm
Comprising of a solid silver tray, teapot, coffee pot, sugar bowl, milk jug, strainer, and large kettle...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Meissen Large Round Platter in the Meissen Purple Indian Pattern
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this beautiful large round platter in the Meissen purple Indian pattern. It has detailed paintings of pink flow...
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1960s German Vintage Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Fantastic German TOILET in Ebonized Wood and Dresden Porcelain 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Fantastic TOILET
German in ebonized wood and German Dresden porcelain.
Polychrome decoration with embossed flowers with puttis and two drawers.
19th Century
Dim.: 155 x 54 x 46 cm
...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Derby Pair of Porcelain Figures, "Boy and Girl in Turkish Costumes", ca 1770
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a rather rare pair of porcelain figures made by Derby around 1770. The pair was called the "Boy and Girl in Turkish Costumes", numbered 63 in Derby's factory list. They depic...
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1770s English Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Faceted Teapot engraved Flowers Joseph Angell, 752g Silver, London 1841
Located in Paris, FR
This exceptional 19th-century antique Victorian English sterling silver teapot was crafted by Joseph Angell Sr. & Joseph Angell Jr. in London in 1841. Is a remarkable addition to any...
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19th Century English Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Royal Dux, Dancing Rococo Couple in Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Dancing Rococo couple in porcelain, 1940s.
Stamped.
In very good condition.
The woman measures: 21 x 12 cm.
The man measures: 23 x 12 cm.
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1930s Czech Vintage Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Ancient Maiolica Tureen Ferretti Manufacture, Lodi, Circa 1770 - 1780
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica tureen
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, Circa 1770 - 1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 9.06 in in height x 13.39 in x 9.84 i...
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1770s Italian Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Meissen Pair of Porcelain Sugar Bowls with Flower Knobs, Circa 1760
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of porcelain sugar bowls
Meissen, circa 1748-1775
Marked with crossed swords and number “92” of the gilder
They measure 5.11 in (13 cm) x 5.11 in ...
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1750s German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Dutch Delft Hand Painted Imari Dishes 18th Century Circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
These Dutch pancake plates are adorned with a beautiful hand-painted scene in bold Imari colors of cobalt blue and iron red, enhanced by forest green and bright yellow, which replace...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
Pair Blue and White Delft Mantle Jars Hand Painted Netherlands, Circa 1770
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of Dutch Delft mantle jars features a charming rococo scene hand-painted in blue and white Delft. The jars depict a pair of cows resting in a fenced area, with a flock of b...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
Vintage Ice Bucket in Cut Crystal with gilded metal Shells in Rococo Style
Located in Roma, IT
A sparkling ice bucket, still equipped with its specific perforated spoon for ice, certainly made in Europe, between the 60s and 70s.
Although it is a mid-twentieth century ice bucke...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Pair 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Style of Nodding Pagoda Figures
Located in New York, NY
A large rare pair of 19th century Meissen Chinoiserie style Nodding Pagoda Figures with Movable Head, Hand and Tongue, known as a "Nodder'. This Unusual...
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1850s German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Pair of Porcelain Figures, Arlecchino and Columbina, Rococo ca 1758
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful pair of figures of Arlecchino and Columbina, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1758. These figures formed part of a series of the Commedia dell'Arte, a very popular series of theatrical figures that served as decoration at the dinner table in the 18th Century.
The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected by Josiah Spode to what is now the universally used "bone china". Bow was the main competitor of the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, but where Chelsea made very fine slipcast porcelain, Bow made a different soft paste porcelain that tended to be softer and could be pressed into moulds. Bow served a larger public generally at lower prices. The factory was only in operation between 1743 and 1774, after which the tradition got incorporated into some of the later famous potteries such as Worcester and Derby.
These figures were used to adorn the dinner table when dessert was served; groups of figures served to express something about the host, the guests, or to direct the conversation. The Italian Commedia Dell'Arte, a comical form of masked theatre, was very popular in those days and Bow copied many figures of the German Meissen series that were brought out in the decades before.
This pair dates from about 1758, which was at the height of Bow's ability to make beautiful figurines often copied from Chelsea or Meissen. The pair is modelled after a Meissen pair by Kaendler. The porcelain is translucent with a beautiful milky glaze - Bow was probably the first pottery using bone in its porcelain recipe. Arlecchino (Harlequin) is playing the bagpipes, dressed in an odd costume of mismatched chintz and playing cards and wearing a funny black trumpet...
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1750s English Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique 18th C. Meissen Porcelain Dulong Variant Molded Plates with Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Meissen Dulong Variant plates.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Decorated with Deutsche Blumen floral sprays to the center and sides including ros...
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18th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century English Silver Plate Samovar / Tea Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th century English silver plated samovar / tea or coffee urn with Ram detail side handles and finial lid on square footed base . The samova...
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1860s English Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Italian Shell Soup Tureens with 4 bowl in White Glazed Ceramic in Rococo style
Located in Roma, IT
We offer you a consomme set for sale, but who forbids you to use it for a gaspacho? or to separate the tureen and make it a table centerpiece? The shell-shaped bowls can be adapted to a thousand different uses, as a soap dish or as a starter, while the tureen with plate is a stunning decorative element for your home that seems to have come out of a surrealist painting by Pierre Roy...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
BIRKS - Pair of Pierced Sterling Silver Candy Dishes - Canada - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
BIRKS - Pair of vintage sterling silver candy or nut dishes - pierced basket design - signed - Canada - mid 20th century.
Excellent vintage condition - all original - no loss - no d...
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Pair Of Meissen Porcelain Mythological Figural Groups
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair Of Meissen Porcelain Mythological Figural groups, of 'Neptune and Thetis' and 'The Triumphal Procession of Amphitrite'.
'Neptune and Thetis' modelled with the god of the sea ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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