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Lot 25 Dα

A Vienna porcelain cup and cover with arabesques

Auction 1128 - overview Berlin
06.04.2019, 17:00 - The Twinight Collection II
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 6.875 € (incl. premium)
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A Vienna porcelain cup and cover with arabesques

With underglaze cobalt blue (Leithnerblau). Of cylindrical form with angular handle and original lid and saucer. Decorated with lush arabesques, vases of flowers, and tendrils. The cup with two, the saucer three rhomboid reserves with vase motifs in relief on gold ground. Blue "bindenschild" mark and 25, cross, year stamp 98, dreher's number 39.
Vienna, Imperial porcelain manufactory under Konrad von Sorgenthal, fired 1798, painted by Johann Schmelzer.

Josef Leithner (1770 - 1829) studied at the Vienna Academy before becoming a flower painter and later arcanist at the Imperial manufactory. In 1792 he invented "Leithnerblau", and one year later "Leithnergold". He received numerous awards in honour of the technical advancements he brought to the manufactory. The cup is a typical example for the use of his decors.

Provenance

Sotheby´s London, 5th June 2007, lot 60.

Literature

For more information on Josef Leithner cf. Mrazek/Neuwirth, Wiener Porzellan, Vienna, undated, p. 42.