Back to search results

CHOCOLATE SET FROM A BREAKFAST SET, ONE OF NINE

Creator(s): Charles Ahrenfeldt (Maker)

Currently in storage


About this object

Each piece has one band of various flowers in colors on white ground between two raised gold bands with a meander. Handles and spouts are gilt.

Object name:
CHOCOLATE SET FROM A BREAKFAST SET, ONE OF NINE
Made from:
Hard paste porcelain
Made in:
Limoges, France
Date made:
ca. 1905
Size:
H. 5 1/4 in.

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.222.16-17
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK; MONOGRAM All pieces marked in green with CA monogram and France Deposé-the mark for Charles Ahrendfeldt & Son, porcelain importers NY. Teapots and milk pitcher marked in gold: Ovington Bros. New York Fabriqué a Limoges- the retailers. Other pieces marked in gold: Higgins & Seiter C. Ahrenfeldt for Limoges- the factory.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973