Noble and rich in symbolism, the rose motif has played an important role as porcelain décor since the Baroque period. In 1790, an artist from the imperial manufactory designed an ornament of individual small rose blossoms. The picturesque scattering of blossoms remained popular until the Biedermeier period. In 1923, the Augarten porcelain manufactory took up this old Viennese tradition again and stylised the rose shakers, interpreted in the taste of modernity.
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Three centuries of Viennese porcelain
Good for: Just because · Housewarming
Description
Sugar bowl in a delicate rose motif.
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Sugar Bowl - Small Scattered Roses
$440.00
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Augarten Wien
A recipe once worth more than gold.
Augarten started the way the best stories do, with a stolen recipe. In the early 1700s the formula for true porcelain was guarded like a state secret and valued above gold. A Viennese named du Paquier sent his own spies...
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