A 'Blue Fluted Plain' / 'Musselmalet rifflet' coffee pot, Royal Copenhagen, around 1850.
Pear shaped. Fluted relief and underglaze blue decoration. The finial in the shape of a flower bud. Marked with two dots in underglaze blue underneath and to the interior of the cover. Also marked with 'bølgelinier' or wave pattern and two dots at the handle. Height 26.5 cm.
The mark on the lid indicates J. M. Svardalyhn (1804-16).
Old metal staple repair at the handle. The inside of the cover with a small chip. Firing flaw/firing crack to the inside of the spout.
From the collection of Börje Johansson, a Swedish private collector, who focused on the most rare pieces from the famous Musselmalet service from Royal Copenhagen. He collected 1 000 objects for 20 years and now Bukowskis are entrusted to sell over 700 items in three auctions. The first part is offered online in November 2024, eighteen of the most spectacular pieces are to be sold at the Important Winter Sale 661, the last part of the collection will be offered in March 2025. The main focus in Börje Johanssons collection has been individual interesting pieces and not the full services. This is a collection comprising some of the earliest and most desirable Musselmalet items, but also later interesting collectibles, each piece made with the recognized and loved craftmanship of Royal Copenhagen, Den Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik.
Kongeligt Porcelæn 1775-1820 Blåmålet porcelæn fra Den Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik, Dorenfeldt, Copenhagen 2004, p. 71.