porcelain, the flaring body with inner gilding and white well, the exterior with fine matte gold and wide bright gold edging and bands, rim with bright and matte gold arches, right and left side with large polychrome painted bouquet of flowers on wide gold band, dark green decoration with bright and matte gold edges and rosettes as well as exquisitely painted gold ivy tendrils on white ground, gold-heightened looped handle with blossoms and leaf terminals, saucer with matching decoration, the well with bright and matte gold painted violet bouquet on white ground, height 11 cm, diameter 17.8 cm, the underside with wide and narrow gilt edging
Vienna, Imperial Manufactory, underglaze blue Austrian shield, dated 1833 turner no. 59 Peter Dunkel 1812–1839, painted floral motifs probably by E. Pollak (Ru)

Lit.:
Wilhelm Mrazek, Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864, MAK Vienna 1970, p. 45, Eduard Pollak, died in Vienna in 1864, son of the senior gold polisher Pollak, flower painter no. 7, 1825-1864 at the manufactory, from 7.2.1825 “polychrome painting”, as of 19.1.1834 part time worker (“3/4 days”), as of 9.5.1837 full time worker (“whole days”), head painter as successor of Josef Nigg;