Cup

Kaiserliche Porzellanmanufaktur Wien, Austria, ca. 1800

Glazed porcelain

H: 6 cm

Markings: Coat of arms of Vienna in blue

UMP 7567

Porcelain cylindrical cup with an angular handle. Miniature painting of the Disarming of Cupid within a central panel – Cupid and Cephisa after Angelica Kauffman’s painting from 1792. In a romantic landscape, the young woman, accompanied by a young man, cuts off one of the slumbering Cupid’s wings. The remaining surface is divided into two decorative bands. This popular motif was also painted by Karl Harzer (1790?–1849).

Cupid and Cephisa Angelica Kauffman, 1792