Seven-piece coffee service 'Crocus', 1896 – Konrad Hentschel | Lot – European Art Nouveau. A Private Collection

Konrad Hentschel
Seven-piece coffee service 'Crocus', 1896

Coffee pot, milk jug, sugar bowl, egg cup, two cups with saucers, tray. H. 5.7-21.7 cm, 37 x 42 cm. Manufacturer: KPM Meissen, before 1924. Porcelain, white, glazed, stylized crocus blossoms in mint green and reddish-brown underglaze. Marked: crossed swords (blue, underglaze, tray double-coated), various model and form numbers (incised or impressed), 52 (blue, handwritten).

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Estimate: 7,000 € - 10,000 €

184B - European Art Nouveau. A Private Collection
08. December 2026 at 4:30 PM CET

Literature:

See Jedding, Meißener Porzellan des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, München 1981, p. 99, fig. 115.

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Konrad Hentschel
Seven-piece coffee service 'Crocus', 1896