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Cup (Coffee or chocolate cup)
Cuirassiers Autrichiens.
Berlin Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Konigliche Porzellan Manufactur or K. P. M.)
1800-1820
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Berlin Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Konigliche Porzellan Manufactur or K. P. M.) (Maker)
Place of Origin
Berlin; Berlin; Germany; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2001.0003.019.004 A
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Alice Braunfeld
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Object Number
2001.0003.019.004 A
Object Name
Cup (Coffee or chocolate cup)
Title
Cuirassiers Autrichiens.
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Berlin Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Konigliche Porzellan Manufactur or K. P. M.) (Maker)
Place of Origin
Berlin; Berlin; Germany; Europe
Date
1800-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: Painted in brown enamel script, "Cuirassiers Autrichiens."
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Underglaze blue scepter
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Incised "32" adjacent to two parallel dash marks
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Military
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Gilded
- Painted
- Thrown
Dimensions (inches)
2.5 (H) x 3.5 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.35 (H) x 8.89 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Baer, Winfried. 1980 Berlin Porcelain.
• Apple-green-bordered part solitair (single coffee service) with pots of similar overall form, but shorter. Konish model, c. 1795: pp. 58-59, no. 67,Book: Baer, Winfried & Ostergard, Derek E. 1993 Along the Royal Road: Berlin and Pottsdan in KPM porcelain and painting, 1815-1848.
• Related published material.Book: Wittwer, Samuel. 2007 Refinement and Elegance: Early Nineteenth-Century Royal Porcelain from the Twinight Collection, New York.
• Berlin & Sevres porcelain with military scenes in somewhat similar style: pp. 380-85 (Berlin), 396-99 (Sevres), early 1800s. Plate depicting French infantry on p. 384 is based on the same print as the sugar bowl in this set.Book: Wittwer, Samuel. 2007 Refinement and Elegance: Early Nineteenth-Century Royal Porcelain from the Twinight Collection, New York.
• Berlin porcelain vase with different chiaroscuro military scene: pp. 396-97, Sevres, 1823.