Set of Four Art Nouveau KPM Berlin Porcelain Demitasse Cups & Saucers, c. 1910

  

Set of Four Art Nouveau KPM Berlin Porcelain Demitasse Cups & Saucers, c. Four demitasse coffee cups and saucers made by KPM in the early 20th century in the Art Nouveau / Jugendstil style. They are a grey ground colour with raised hand gilded trim and gadrooned borders. The set is marked with the under glaze blue sceptre and red printed orb KPM marks and additional painter's marks. The set is reputedly from Kaiser Wilhelm II's Rominten Hunting Lodge in East Prussia, which was completed in 1891, but there is no documentation to support this claim.

The cups are 4.5 cm tall and 4.5 cm in diameter. The saucers are 10 cm in diameter and 2 cm deep. Six of the eight pieces are in very good condition, but two of the cups have been repaired (see last six photographs).