Description
Executed: Porcelain Manufacture Meissen
Riemerschmid was commissioned by the porcelain manufacture
Meissen to design a porcelain service in the modern style as a
competitive model to Henry van de Velde’s famous service with
„Peitschenhieb“ decor.
The service comprises 56 pieces:
Soup tureen with cover
Ragout dish with cover
Sauce boat
Round serving platter, dia. 37 cm
Oval serving platter with handles, l. 51,5 cm
Oval serving platter with handles, l. 38,5 cm
Round serving platter with handles, dia. 35 cm
Round serving platter with handles, dia. 29 cm
Menue plates, 25,5 cm (12)
Soup plates, 24,5 cm (12)
Dessert plates, 22,5 cm (12)
Side plates, 16,5 cm (12)
Marks
Meissen blue sword mark underglaze, mostly knob mark
(early production) without grinding strokes (first choice)
Exhibited
single items of this service were on display in
„Rausch der Schönheit - Die Kunst des Jugendstils“,
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund,
December 9, 2018 - June 24, 2019
Provenance
German art market
Public collections
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Porzellan-
sammlung im Zwinger, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum,
Bröhan Museum Berlin
Literature
Johannes Just, Meissener Jugendstil Porzellan, Leipzig 1983,
pag. 140/141; „Um 1900 - Porzellan aus Berlin, Meissen und Nymphenburg“,
exhibition catalog Hetjens-Museum Düsseldorf, May 9 - August 8, 1999,
pag. 110, 129; catalogue „Porzellan, Kunst und Design 1889 bis 1939,
Vom Jugendstil zum Funktionalismus“, Part II, Bröhan Museum Berlin,
1996, pag. 40/41; Richard Riemerschmid, Vom Jugendstil zum Werkbund -
Werke und Dokumente, exhibition catalogue, Munich 1982, pag. 283