CONTINENTAL ROYAL VIENNA PORCELAIN TEA CADDY, rectangular form, one side featuring a polychrome hand-painted scene titled "Der schlafende Amor." (The sleeping cupid), hand-brushed to underside, depicting two attractive women prodding a sleeping winged cupid with a stick, signed "J. HOSS. i45i" to lower right corner, remaining sides with dark cobalt ground and delicate raised gilt designs. Having blue beehive/shield mark to underside and retaining partial sticker to interior mouth "[?] Glaspalast / KARLSBAD". Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 6 3/4" HOA.
Provenance: From the estate of George H. Yetter, Williamsburg, VA.
Condition
Undamaged.