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shaped body panels with a depiction of a “perroquet lori nouara”,
height 19.5 cm. The sugar dish mounted on three claw feet, gilding on
the rim and lid with its swan handle, the cup-shaped body with a
depiction of a “(seconde variété du) perroquet cendré”, “(variété du)
perroquet à face rouge” and a “perroquet brun”. Overall height 19 cm.
The twelve cups with saucers all embellished with gilding on the over-
hanging bases, the moulded handles with coiled swan-necks and mas-
carons at the end of the handles and on the inner surfaces, with other,
different illustrations of parrots from the work of Francois Levaillant
on the front. Height of the cups approx. 74 mm, at the handles approx.
93 mm. The saucers with gilt rims, the centre with gilt borders and
circular gilding in the middle, diameter 13 cm.
An unparalleled service of superb quality and in perfect, unchipped and
unused condition.
According to family tradition, Emperor Napoleon I apparently
presented a work on the various species of parrots, which had been
published in 1805, to the Bavarian King, Max I Joseph, an enthusiastic
ornithologist, at a meeting in Paris. The King commissioned the Manu-
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria – an unparalleled coffee and
tea service with parrot motifs, Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg,
circa 1810/20
The service was inspired by the two-volume work “Histoire naturelle
des perroquets” by Francois Levaillant, with illustrations by Jacques
Barraband, which was published in 1801 and 1805.
Complete 16-piece service in hard-paste porcelain with outstanding,
hand-painted décor in vibrant overglaze colours and lavish gilding,
the lozenge shield in the form of 1810 to 1850 pressed into the base,
along with diverse incised marks. Comprising a lidded coffee pot with
gilding on the overhanging ring stand, the spout, the handle, the plate-
shaped flaring neck and the lid, with its acorn-shaped knob, the vase-
like body panels featuring a depiction of the “perroquet à flanc
rouges” and a “perroquet grand lori (male)”, overall height 25.5 cm.
The teapot also embellished with gilding on the ring stand, spout,
handle and lid, the cup-shaped panels with a depiction of a “lori à
franges bleues” and a “(variété du) lori à collier”. Total height 20 cm.
The cream jug also gilded on the base, neck and handle, the vase-
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