Meissen Art Nouveau Porcelain Mocha cup Crocus 2. by Hentschel

Meissen 1900, Art Nouveau porcelain Crocus pattern 2, mocha cup

mocha cup with saucer
Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain
Crocus pattern, second version
Design: Konrad Hentschel ca. 1897, crocus pattern
Execution: porcelain factory Meissen ca. 1900

dimensions: cup height 5,5 cm, Diameter 7 cm; saucer diameter 14,4 cm
marked with crossed swords in cobalt blue underglazed , numbered U 168, 66 o. 99 and 57
very good condition, first choice, very rare

Konrad Hentschel [Cologne 1872 – 1907 in Meißen], German porcelain modeller and designer. 1889 visit to the drawing school in Meissen, then apprenticeship as a Bossierer and subsequent study at the Art Academy Munich. 1894-96 worked as a Bossierer for the porcelain manufactory Meissen. In 1896, the manufactory announced a competition for the development of a Déjeuner, which should be inexpensive and modern at the same time, The young Konrad Hentschel designed his “Crocus Dejeuner” and created the first Art Nouveau tableware that was to be admired at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 and immediately found many lovers. (Hentschel, Konrad)

Literature: Bestandskatalog Bd. V/2 des Broehan Museums Berlin 1996
J. Just: Meissener Jugendstil Porzellan. Leipzig 1983.

Literature: Jugendstil in Dresden, Aufbruch in die Moderne, Ausstellungskatalog Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 1999,
Meissener Jugendstilmuster auf der Seite:
S.238 Hentschel, Krokus 1, S.243 Hentschel Flügelmuster,
S.244 Theodeor Grust, Kleeblatt; Henry van de Velde HvdV, Peitschenhieb und R. Riemerschmid, Rispe
S.245 O.E. Voigt, Saxsonia; Hentschel, Krocus 2 und Paul Richter, Ahorn,
S.246 Heinrich Vogeler, Rosen Garnitur; Theodeor Grust, Misnia
S.247 Hentschel, Arnica; HAPAG Drachenfisch Teller

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