Teapot from the Gotzkowsky service

Meissen, Germany, after 1741

Glazed and painted porcelain.

H: 9.4 cm

Markings: swords in blue

UMP 7498

The Baroque shape with a relief spout, sculpted handle, and relief decoration belongs (in terms of form) to a service created for Prussian art and porcelain dealer Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky (1710–1775). The Gotzkowsky–Service was famed for its novel moulding, a decorative feature first used on this service. Since that time, this form has borne the name of Gotzkowsky, whose clients included the royal courts of Saxony, Prussia, and Russia. Gotzkowsky’s weakness for porcelain was so great that in 1761 he took over the Wilhelm Caspar Wegely porcelain manufactory in Berlin and brought in porcelain experts from Meissen, which at that time was occupied by the Prussian army. After the factory went bankrupt twice, Frederick the Great of Prussia took over the porcelain factory, which to this day is known as the Royal Porcelain Factory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur, abbr. KPM).

Gotzkowsky Dejeuner, Meissen, limited collection from 2015