Dresden Hand Painted Watteau Scenes Raised Gold Floral Tea Cup & Saucer Antique

  

Dresden Hand Painted Watteau Scenes Raised Gold Floral Tea Cup & Saucer. Lovely antique German porcelain tea cup and saucer. Decorated with hand painted Watteau courting couple scenes on two sides of the cup and saucer and floral pansies. Has a cream background with small enamel flowers and heavy raised gold floral scrollwork.

Gold gilding to the handle. See photo of rim gilding, but otherwise excellent condition. The cup measures approximately 4 3/8 inches wide on the plate x 2 1/4 inches tall on the cup. The saucer measures approximately 5 1/2 inches wide.

In 1883, this famous blue crown Dresden porcelain mark was registered as a liason between the four most prominent ceramic decorators in the city - Karl Richard Klemm, founded 1869, RWZR register no. 24; Donath & Co, founded 1872, RWZR register no. 25; Oswald Lorenz, (commission agent), RWZR register no.

26; Adolf Hamman, founded 1866, RWZR register no. So it is not the mark of one individual factory, but an early example of a'marketing' brand dreamt up by a small group of expert ceramic decorators. They did not sculpt or make the porcelain, they just bought in white ware and painted it. Note: due to the heavy bombing that occurred in Dresden, Germany during World War II, this is considered a rare piece that survived or was brought over to the US.