Breakfast set, Rosenthal Kronach, Racine model, 1901.
phil. height 5.6 cm, dia. 8.9 cm, sp. 14.2 cm, tal. dia. 17.7 cm
Art Nouveau decoration with a motif of field flowers and a characteristic Art Nouveau ornament called a fish bladder.
The history of the Rosenthal manufactory dates back to 1879 when a young Philipp Rosenthal establishes a porcelain paint shop in the Castle of Erkersreuth (near Selb in Bavaria). The spectacular growth of the factory makes it not so much a manufactory as a place for the creative development of artists able to collaborate and design for it. New currents in the art and aesthetics of the first decades of the 20th century are reflected in the details: ornaments, borders and finials of the ears.Rosenthal is one of the few manufactures to keep up with the rapidly emerging trends.
