A Nymphenburg part coffee service, circa 1780Each decorated with an ikat textile pattern ('Atlasmuster') and brown-edged rims, comprising: a coffee pot and cover, a sugar bowl and cover and four cups and saucers, together with another coffee pot and cover with gilt rims and a miniature coffee cup, the coffee pot and cover: 21.4cm high, impressed shield marks, incised and impressed marks (haircrack to one cup, finial restuck of coffee pot cover) (15)注脚Provenance:The Sperling Collection, MunichThe so-called 'Atlasmuster' appears in the price lists ('Preiscourant') of 1792 as 'en taffent geflammt' and was based on a textile pattern also popular at other factories such as Vienna and Frankenthal. See A. Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan, Sammlung Bäuml (1997), nos. 658-667 for further examples.As noted in the collector's introduction, Rückert considered the present lot to be the most complete early Nymphenburg coffee service decorated in this pattern.