Bidspirit auction | Royal Vienna Hand Painted Porcelain

Royal Vienna Hand Painted Porcelain Silent Butler - A circular porcelain silent butler featuring a domed hinged lid and a long tapering porcelain handle. The exterior is decorated with polychrome hand-painted vignettes depicting courting couples in pastoral settings. These scenes are bordered by heavy gilding and separated by light blue ground panels with gold floral motifs. The bowl and lid are fitted with cast and chased gilt-metal mounts. The interior of the bowl is finished in plain white glazed porcelain. The underside of the base features an underglaze blue beehive mark with a single dot centered above and the handwritten blue numbers 7578. 4” H x 10” L x 6 1/2” W. Location: 19B