A VIENNA GOLD-GROUND PORCELAIN VASE

Manufacturer: Imperial Manufactory
Painter: probably Joseph Nigg
Date: Vienna ca. 1830
Measurements: H 34 cm, D 28 cm
Technique: porcelain
Signature: impressed Bindenshild mark, 25 and date cipher 834 for 1834

Description: The everted mouth gilt and knop of the socle gilt and chased with leaf tips, the cylindrical neck continuously painted with flowers including roses, peonies, harebells, orchids and tulips, the lower edge chased as a loosely woven basket, burnished gold bracket handles at the shoulder, the hemispheric lower portion of the vase burnished gold and chased with entwined ribbons centering flowerheads, the same decoration also on the circular foot, raised on a further square base.