Antique cloverleaf cup on sale and saucer, Viennese bandage shield, hand-painted

Antique cloverleaf-shaped cup and saucer with blue, red and gold painting.

Hand-decorated in a geometrically star-shaped décor.

Porcelain manufactory: Graf Thunsche Porzellanwarenfabrik in Klösterlitz, Bohemia, founded in 1794.

Press brand: TK ,161 and Wiener Bindenschild (press brand TK was used by the Thunsche Manufaktur in 1830-1893)

After the closure of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory in 1864, the on sale Vienna Bandage Shield continued to be used by porcelain paintings in Vienna and Bohemia. This painting was probably carried out by the Viennese studio for porcelain painting "Rädler & Pilz".
Rädler& Pilz bought and painted porcelain from the Thunsche Manufaktur in Bohemia.


Literature: Waltraud Neuwirth, DER BINDENSCHILD ALS PORZELLANMARKE
Original, Imitation, Forgery, Falsification, 1977, 2nd edition

Diameter cup 7.5 cm, height 5 cm
Diameter saucer 12 cm, 4,75 inches

Condition: no damage, slight paint abrasion

The Graf Thun porcelain factory, founded in 1794 by Johann Nikolaus Weber, is one of the oldest porcelain factories in Bohemia.