1725 Indian Flowers Pot

This is a a special treat - an extremely rare and early small coffee pot and its lid made by Meissen in about 1725. It has a really nice shape with the early handle which I like very much and the spout is a bit different than later ones as well. It is also quite interesting that the body must have been made first then cut open at the bottom to attach the base. That is evident from the inside which I tried to show in a picture but it's hard to see there. The pot is superbly handpainted with an early Indian Flowers (Indianische Blumen) design in the Kakiemon palette. The colors are bright and fresh. The underglaze blue parts are highlighted with gilding. A real fun design with bugs and a bird included. Even the handle has plenty of flowers on it as does the lid which has an iron red and gold design to the rim and a simple finial typical to this period painted with gilding. My favorite part is that this piece is in superb condition with barely any wear even to the gild highlights. There is one tiny flat chip to the very to rim of the pot which is not obvious at all! Some roughness to the footring but that is all original from the making! On top of that it is superbly marked with about every type of mark one could wish for - the underglaze blue crossed swords (about as early a version as you can have), the bossierers marks impresed (a star and a line), a blue painter's mark (a K. I think but hard to read) and a painter's mark L. in puce. The piece is 7 inches tall and 3.75 inches in diameter. Please email me for more information or other pictures.