Lot 143 Dα

A pair of Vienna porcelain cups and saucers made for Sigismund Friedrich Khevenhüller Metsch

So-called "Caféschale" model with scroll handles and original saucers. One decorated with a detailed portrait miniature of the Marchese Julius Joseph Strassoldo (1773-1830), Governor of Lombardy in Milan, with numerous Orders, the other inscribed with a dedication in Italian: "Marchesi Tu che del Fratello mio Con cublime concetto E nobil´Alma, In sculti marmi La pietade eternasti E il regger giusto, guesto die grato cuore Pegno sincero accogli Da me dolente affetuósa Giuseppina Principeßa di Khevenhüller Metsch nata Conteßa di Straßoldo." Bordered with ivy wreaths. Impressed "bindenschild" mark, gilt 11, year stamp 832, dreher's marks 4 and 12, incised 210.
Vienna, Imperial porcelain manufactory, 1832, gilding by Karl Herzer.