Ref. 1896/1 & 1896/3

Bohemian Manufacture

Important Table Service

Czechoslovakia
20th Century

Porcelain

Very important table service composed of 50 white porcelain plates with a gold thread with a lattice pattern. The whole bears a coat of arms depicting an ostrich holding a horseshoe in its beak, surmounting a ducal crown.

Composition :

• 24 plates
• 12 soup plates
• 14 dessert plates

It comes with 256 glasses, bowls, carafes and fruit baskets in blown crystal with a diamond point pattern enhanced with gold.

Commentary

Bohemian crystal is a type of glass with a significant amount of lead oxide, as clear as rock crystal that produces a high quality crystal. In the course of the second half of the 14th century, the oldest Czech glassworks were manufacturing nearly pure crystal, with yellow and green reflections, as well as coloured glass, very popular during the Renaissance. Bohemia excelled in crystal manufacturing particularly in the 18^th century through the creativity and the high-level qualification of the workers, leaving in the shade Venetian glassmakers who until then were unrivalled. Many of them came in Western Europe and brought their technics.