A very vibrantly hand painted pot de creme cup from the Dresden factory. The design includes birds in flight painted in bright shades of red, blue, and yellow. There are also several stylized insects including a little lady bug. The design towards the bottom of the cup includes tree branches and a little wooden fence.
The background color of the cup is all white. The lid has a strawberry final with touches of gold. There is also a band of gold around the rim of the lid as well as on the leaves that are raised and attach to the finial. The handle his in the traditional Chinese Export, twisted branch style with delicate bands of gold. The body of the cup has details of gold along the top of the cup as well as the base.
The cup dimensions are about 3.5" high including the finial and about 3.5" wide including the handle. The cup was probably manufactured in the early to mid 20th century.
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Dresden is one of the few manufactures of pot de creme cups today.