Meissen Hunting Coffee Set

6-piece coffee set: a coffee pot and 5 cups with saucers. The coffee pot is pear-shaped, and the cups are hemispherical. The handle is shaped like the letter "J" or curved. Depicted on the walls, lid, and mirror are various full-gallop hunting scenes, featuring partially saddled or hidden hunters accompanied by their dogs pursuing red deer. Below are brown Rococo consoles with gold accents. Around and in the background of the cups are delicate floral compositions. Polychrome painting based on copper engravings by Johann Elias Ridinger. Gold trim. Partially restored. Sword mark. Height of the coffee pot is 23 cm. In the 18th century, full-gallop hunting was considered one of the most important social events of the year. The growing interest in hunting and the consumption of exotic beverages such as tea and coffee led to an increased demand for hunting services, which were primarily created in connection with hunting tables and display items. See Pietsch, catalog "Porcelain Hunting," No. 71 and following (decoration); Rickert, catalog of the Bavarian National Museum, No. 744 and following. 6-piece porcelain coffee set with hunting scenes after engravings by J.E. Ridinger. Partially restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Around 1745.