Lot 86

Overall the service is in good condition with occasional wear to gilding, scratches to the green scalle and floral enamel and some surface dirt.
DOMES: most have wear and small frits to bottom edge, three have slight wear to the raised decoration to the cartouches, overall in good conditions, small chips to finials, firing cracks to ribbons.
TUREENS: small hairline crack inside cover of one, one figural handle with broken head (we have pieces) hairline and firing cracks; circular tureen with hairlines to cover.
SAUCEBOATS: one with small glaze chip to foot rim.
CHOCOLATE POT: small losses to to tips of flower finial, small chip to inside flange.
SCALLOP BOXES; both with small chips to foot rims, one with slight wear to shell finial.
FOOTED SALTS: in good condition.
CIRCULAR DISHES: in good condition.
CASTER: small losses to tips of flower finial, section of screw thread missing on base.


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Property from Annie Baring and Family

This service is believed to have been given by Frederick the Great to one of the most renowned Prussian generals, and one of his favourites, Hans Joachim von Ziethen (1699-1786). Until recently, only a handful of pieces were recorded, including eighteen formerly in the collection of Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (sold by Ball & Graupe, Berlin, 25 March 1931, lot 625). In 2006, over 150 pieces from the service were sold with the contents of Shrubland Park, Suffolk, where they had been since at least 1860 (Sotheby's, Shrubland Park, Suffolk, 19-21 September 2006, lot 821), where they were acquired for the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (Wittwer 2006).