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Antique 18thC Du Paquier Vienna Tankard Mug Porcelain Porzellan Humpen Wien
This product data sheet is originally written in English.
For sale is an extremely rare treat - a small tankard made by Du Paquier around 1725. Claudius Innocentius du Paquier was the founder of Europe's second oldest porcelain maker which he started in 1718. A precursor to the Vienna porcelain factory. His wares are exceedingly rare and owning one of his pieces was always a goal of mine so I was thrilled to find this superb and fun piece recently. The main body is hand painted with some of their very early typical Indianische Blumen style flowers in those superb early colors. The closest ones in this style I could find were from a piece of the 'Stift Klosterneuburg Service' but they were already a bit later than this piece here. There are three large floral arrangements on this tankard as well as two small bugs. The bottom and top edge have a ni