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Biedermeier polychrome and gilt porcelain cup and saucer

Royal Porcelain Manufactury, Vienna, 1820

Underglaze blue Vienna shieldmark
Painter’s identification mark 137 (Josef Geyer 1802-1836)
Maker’s identification marks 12 and 27

The Vienna Porcelain Factory (second oldest after Meissen) accomplished the finest quality in painting on porcelain, because it was there that Josef Leithner made his numerous pigment discoveries, laying the groundwork for elaborate and sophisticated painting techniques on porcelain. Following the lead of Vienna, all the great factories soon divided their decoration department into history and landscape painting, pattern work and flower painting. This cup and saucer is a fine example by the painter Josef Geyer, decorated in 1820.

Height: 4” Width: 6” Depth: 6”