“Melonen” Mocha Set

Designed by Josef Hoffmann, Manufactured by Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten

About 1929

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Two Horses with a Man, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Oval dark blue jasper cameo with white relief figure of Minerva goddess of war, with gilded border
Flower pot and corresponding underdish of white stoneware covered with a variegated agate glaze in shades of brown, black, creamy yellow and green, both the pot and the under dish have a basket weave border below the lip, left white, the interiors are glazed black.
Miniature cup and saucer of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the cup with loop handle, on both are tiny relief scenes including on the cup Hope and Anchor, a female figure next to a tree, possibly the Zodiac Virgo, and two classical figures, and on the saucer a lion and calf, Cupids with a chariot (Bacchanalian scene), two classical figures, Cupids with a goat, a flying Cupid with bow and arrow, and Cupids with an urn.