porcelain, the flaring body with wide inner gilding and white ground, the exterior with fine bright and matte gold edging, on the facing side and reverse bright and matte gold painted lyres with eagle’s heads, on the sides stylised bright and matte gold acanthus leaves on white ground, bright gold painted grapevines on matte gold band, the conical base of the body with bright and matte gold broad stripes, victory staff wrapped in gold laurel tendrils on white segments, flaring foot with wide gilt edging and gold handles, presentoir with wide gilt edging, wide bright and matte gold painted laurel frieze and matching decoration, the well with gold monogram VML in ligature, the underside with very wide gilt edging, height 14.5 cm, diameter 18.5 cm, gilding minimally scuffed
Vienna, Imperial Manufactory, underglaze blue Austrian shield, dated 1816, 1809, turner no. 5 Johann Fasching 1790–1819, gilder no. 11 Karl Herzer 1789–1848 (Ru)

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Wilhelm Mrazek, Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864, MAK Vienna 1970, p. 39, Karl Herzer, died in Vienna in 1849, 1790-1843 at the manufactory, first as flower and design painter, from 1793 gilt design painter no. 11, 1806-1815 numerous prizes, inventor of new patterns;