Description
Nymphenburg Porcelain Eggcup & Saucer Set from Hermann Göring’s Guest Wagon 10 ‘234’
A Beautiful little snow-white porcelain Eggcup & Saucer Set, specially produced by the Nymphenburg factory in Munich for the Deutsche Reichsbahn Sonderzugs.
The set carries designation marks for Hermann Göring’s Sonderzug ‘Asien’, and in particular carriage number ‘234’ which was Göring’s guest wagon.
The highly glazed porcelain eggcup is accentuated with a fine red trim and even finer gold trim to the top rim, and again to the base circumference, only with the gold trim to the top and red underneath. Centered to the upper portion of the eggcup is the Deutsche Reichsbahn insignia, a gold eagle with wreathed swastika straddled by the letters D and R. To the underside is, an impressed Nymphenburg shield, and a hand-painted number ‘234’ in black indicating the wagon number. The little saucer has a red and gold trim to the rim and the Deutsche Reichsbahn insignia, a gold eagle with wreathed swastika straddled by the letters D and R to the center. To the saucer base is the green Nymphenburg crest, an impressed ‘1,1/3’ & ‘S’, and then a hand-painted number ‘234’ in black indicating the wagon number.
Condition:
Superb near mint set, just very minor surface wear. Very rare set, a beautiful display piece, and a great investment.
Dimensions:
Eggcup
Top rim diameter 4.7cm
Height 4.7cm
Base diameter 4.3cm
Weight 50g
Saucer
Diameter 9.5cm
Height 1.5cm
Weight 57g
All weights and measurements are approximate.
