Empress Maria Anna of Austria – Coffee Set from her personal Porcelain Service,

17 parts, comprising: coffee can, teapot, 2 mocha cups, 1 chocolate jug, 2 jugs, 1 coffee cup with saucer, 6 cake plates, 1 large and 1 small cake plate, 1 eggcup, height of coffee can 23,5 cm, height of teapot 16 cm, dia of dish 21 cm, porcelain, white glaze, gold edges, all parts with the monogram "MA" and imperial corona, maker’s mark "Haidinger", Bohemia, c. 1840, (Lu)

Porcelain service of Empress Maria Anna of Austria (1803-1884). Offered here is an extensive porcelain service that once belonged to Empress Maria Anna of Austria, née Princess of Savoy, wife of Kaiser Ferdinand I. This service was a private service of the Empress’s, which was not previously known to the literature. The service was bequeathed to her godson Alfonso, Prince of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta. He then gave it to his daughter Marie Christine on the occasion of her wedding to Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria (Cannes 8.11.1900). It then passed by inheritance in the House of Hapsburg. Provenance: House of Hapsburg.

Znalec: Dr. Georg Ludwigstorff