#7205 • Italian 24KT Gilt-Decorated Porcelain Coffee Service with Rococo ‘Courting Couple’ Scenes, in Fitted Presentation Case

Part of $15 Million | Part 2 | McLean Mansion on the Potomac | Online Estate Auction (live auction by Prime Auction Solutions)

High bid $105.00

Status: Sold

An Italian 24KT gilt-enhanced white porcelain coffee service, decorated throughout with Watteau-style Rococo courting scenes and encircled by broad, burnished gilt bands with tonal landscape and figural reserves, presented in a satin-lined fitted case. The service is centered by a baluster coffee pot with high sweeping spout, scrolled handle, and domed cover, its body enriched with a pastoral vignette of a gentleman musician and seated companion. Matching forms include a lidded two-handled sugar bowl raised on short pad feet, and a footed creamer with shaped lip and angular handle, all repeating the romantic cartouches and gilt shoulder borders. The cups are footed with gently flared bowls and faceted-style handles; the saucers are scalloped at the rim and set with a wide gilt cavetto, each centered with a small courting or floral reserve. The overall decoration evokes mid-century export porcelain services inspired by 18th-century French fête galante imagery, prized for their theatrical gilding and cabinet-ready presentation.