Koenigszelt Silesia Antique Porcelain Coffee Chocolate Pot

Königszelt, also often written Koenigszelt or Konigszelt, 19th century antique porcelain coffee server or chocolate pot, made circa 1880 by Porzellanfabrik August Rappsilber O.H.G. in Königszelt, Silesia, Germany (today Jaworzyna Śląska, Poland). "Lighthouse" form, white with pink branch-like handle on both the pot and lid, gold trim/gilt, and pink or magenta colored handpainted flowers & leaves in a band around the middle. The white dots in the middle of the painted flowers are slightly raised. A beautiful (and historical) piece of decorated porcelain.

Backstamp identified from the PM&M (Porcelain Marks & More) website -- please see the photo showing mark from that site along side mark on the bottom of this coffee server.

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From the PM&M Silesia/Königszelt page:

The backstamp on this coffee server, though blurry, looks to us to be Image 3-05 on that page (mark used between 1880 and 1886), corresponding to entry "[3] : Porzellanfabrik August Rappsilber O.H.G. (1878 until 1886)".

The PM&M page details the company's long history -- from its founding in 1860 (Porzellanfabrik Silber & Comp.) to its existence today (Zaklady Porcelany Stolowej 'Karolina' Spolka z o.o.) in Poland. An excerpt: "When the railway line from Breslau to Freiburg was built in 1843, a name was needed for a junction with the line from Schweidnitz to Striegau. As the location in the Schweidnitz district of Silesia was literally in the middle of nowhere, a hasty search for clues began. Someone noticed that at the time of the Bunzelwitz encampment in 1761 (during the Seven Year War) the tent of Frederick The Great must have been standing somewhere around the location. And so the name 'Königszelt' was choosen, just meaning 'The Kings Tent'."

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SPECS: 8.75" handle-to-spout at widest point, 6" in diameter at the widest point (near the bottom), the base is 4.1" in diameter, 9.25" from the base to the top of the finial. Weighs in at 2 lb 4 oz (1020g). On the bottom: Eagle with the letters "AR" (blue, under glaze, blurry and difficult to discern); and the number "4844" and what appears to be the letter "B" (handwritten in gold). Did not measure, but it looks like it'd hold about a quart. Some hairlines with discoloration on the lid, one inside and a few outside, please study the photos closely. Some gold loss due to wear.