Two Rare Small Cups with Saucers with “Parisian Hairstyles”, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, Vienna, Third Quarter of the 18th Century

porcelain, one small cup with finely painted polychromed portrait of a lady with Rococo hairstyle and elaborate hair ornament, gilt monogram DV in ligature with leafy tendrils, gilt edges, height 4.3 cm, saucer with gentleman’s portrait in profile with wig and hat, gilt edges, diameter 13.2 cm, gilt edges slightly scuffed; the other small cup with two female portraits in profile with pinned-up hairstyles and hats alternating with amoretti, gilt edges, height 4.7 cm, saucer with gentleman’s portrait with wig and hat, gilt edges, diameter 13.4 cm, restored, crack, turner no. 13, 15, 25, underglaze blue Austrian shield, (Hr)
Lit.:
Waltraud Neuwirth, Pariser Frisuren auf Wiener Porzellan, in: Alte und Moderne Kunst XIV (1969/106), pp. 22ff.
Josef Folnesics, Altwiener Porzellan von 1744–1863 auf der Ausstellung im k. k. Österreichischen Museum in : Kunst und Kunsthandwerk, VII (1904), p. 268 ill.

Cf.:
MAK Vienna, cup, inventory no. KE 3853–1