CIRCA 1715, THE ENAMELED DECORATION CIRCA 1718-1720 AND ATTRIBUTED TO THE JOHANN GEORG FUNCKE WORKSHOP, DRESDEN

Before the arrival of J.G. Höroldt at Meissen from Vienna in 1720, the application of colored decoration on white porcelain had not yet been mastered by the factory. Instead, they relied on Georg Funcke's independent Dresden workshop to apply colored enamel decoration on their porcelain. Although Funcke set up his workshop in 1713, his surviving invoices to the factory for colors suggest that the use of red enamel was introduced in 1718. These invoices were published by Claus Boltz in his seminal article 'Steinzeug und Porzellan der Böttgerperiode - Die Inventare und die Ostermesse des Jahres 1719 - ', Keramos, No. 167/168, 2000, pp. 3-156. For a nearly identical cup and saucer at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, see museum accession no. 54.684a-b.