{"product_id":"herend-rothschild-bird-demitasse-service-for-8-coffee-pot-milk-jug-sugar-hand-painted-porcelain","title":"Herend Porcelain Rothschild Bird Hand-Painted Demitasse Coffee Service for Eight — Discontinued Forms, Eight Distinct Motifs","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA complete, physically verified Herend Rothschild Bird (RO) demitasse coffee service for eight — eleven pieces in total, every one of them discontinued by Herend and no longer in current production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe service comprises a lidded coffee pot (1613\/RO) with the pattern's signature hand-modeled rose finial, a matching creamer (1643\/RO), a lidded covered sugar (1665\/RO, also rose-finialed), and eight cup-and-saucer pairs (1709\/RO). Every piece is entirely hand-painted and hand-gilded in Herend's workshops, with green-handled treatment specific to this particular production run and the pattern's characteristic molded basketweave border beneath a gilt rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat sets this set apart: the eight cup-and-saucer pairs carry eight distinct bird-pair motifs drawn from the Rothschild Bird pattern's twelve canonical designs — no two cups decorated alike. Most assembled demitasse services of this kind repeat a single motif eight times over; this one reads instead as a small curated survey of the pattern's design family, verified across all sixteen individual pieces (eight cups, eight saucers) with consistent backstamp format throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Rothschild Bird pattern dates to around 1860, registered for the Rothschild banking family, and remains one of Herend's most recognized designs — a hallmark of hand-painted porcelain artistry from a maker whose work has furnished European royal households since Queen Victoria's own 1851 commission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent throughout. One disclosed cosmetic note: tiny paint loss to the tip of one petal on the covered sugar's rose finial — confirmed to be surface paint only, not a porcelain chip or crack. The coffee pot, creamer, and all eight cup-and-saucer pairs show no chips, cracks, hairlines, or restoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBecause every form in this service is discontinued, a complete, matched, condition-verified set of this kind grows harder to assemble every year — current secondary-market stock across these forms is extremely thin, with the sugar bowl currently unavailable entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you\". Matthew 6:33\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Taste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47834130481315,"sku":"PS- 0022","price":3400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/1863\/2355\/files\/Group6.webp?v=1783062525","url":"https:\/\/champagnetasteco.com\/products\/herend-rothschild-bird-demitasse-service-for-8-coffee-pot-milk-jug-sugar-hand-painted-porcelain","provider":"Champagne Taste","version":"1.0","type":"link"}