Cup and saucer with birds in micromosaic decoration

Manufactory Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), Berlin German

ca. 1817

Not on view

This cup and saucer demonstrates the fashion for antiquity and the influence that the Grand Tour had on porcelain productions at the royal porcelain manufactory in Berlin (Koenigliche Porzellan Manufaktur) in the early half of the nineteenth century. Beginning in 1806, the factory began producing wares in decorative patterns that imitated the micromosaic paintings made at Vatican workshops, which proved to be popular souvenirs among German travelers to Italy.

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Title: Cup and saucer with birds in micromosaic decoration
Manufactory: Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), Berlin (German, founded 1763)
Date: ca. 1817
Culture: German, Berlin
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: confirmed, cup: 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (9.5 × 9.5 × 6.4 cm)
confirmed, saucer: 1 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (3.2 × 13.3 × 13.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of Richard Baron Cohen, 2019
Object Number: 2020.254.1, .2
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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