Zdekauer Art Nouveau Cup & Saucer

An unusual cup and saucer combination in an apparent Art Nouveau design format from the Moritz Zdekauer, Altrohlau, Austria factory (now Stará Role in the Czech Republic). The rich gold fields and decorative highlighting with what looks like flowers, are descriptive of the nouveau period movement. This piece dates between 1891 and 1917 but more likely prior to 1909 as the C.M. Hutschenreuter "CMHR" are absent in the mark as they acquired the company in that year and began to identify some porcelains in that manner. If not rare this item is in the least unusual for an MZ work and is highly collectible. Note that there is a small chip on the cup rim near the handle but no other defect is noted.

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