Cup and saucer (2) - Porcelain - Hand-painted & gilded

Antique / Historicist tea cup with saucer, richly gilded with Baroque / Paisley patterns and floral painting Fine white porcelain with a scalloped/curved rim. The cup has a divided pedestal foot with curved teeth and a gilded handle. The decoration consists of elaborate gloss and matte gold gilding, ornate cartouches in the Paisley and shell motifs with purple-pink starbursts, and fine hand-painted colorful flower bouquets (including roses and scattered flowers). The inner rim of the cup is broadly gilded. Manufacturer: Unknown / not marketed (no factory marks are visible on the undersides of the cup and saucer). Probably a Thuringian, Bohemian, or Southern German porcelain manufactory. Origin: Germany (Thuringia/Bavaria) or Bohemia (Austria-Hungary). Date / Period: approx. 1880–1910 (late 19th century to turn of the century). Style: Historicism / Neorococo (Rococo Revival). Technique: Glazed porcelain, hand painting (flowers), gilding (glossy and matte gold decoration with engraving/relief). Dimensions Cup: height approx. 6.5 cm | width with handle approx. 10.7 cm | top diameter approx. 9.1 cm Saucer: height approx. 1.6 cm | diameter approx. 13.9 cm Condition Used / Antique. The gilding and color painting show slight age-related wear at the rims and on the handle areas. In age-appropriate good condition with minor gold wear at the rims and handle areas, as well as manufacturing tiny kiln spots inside the cup At the base of the cup there are manufacturing irregularities as well as light darkening/soiling in the unglazed area (firing cracks / glaze cracks visible at the foot ring). No visible chips or continuous cracks at the lip or the mirror. The set will be securely packaged for transport and insured for shipment.

Estimación:€150

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