Cup and saucer with birds in micromosaic decoration
Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), Berlin
ca. 1817 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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.
- Artist
- Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), Berlin
- Date
- ca. 1817
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain
- Culture
- German, Berlin
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Richard Baron Cohen, 2019
