Coffee Cup Art Déco, Friedrich Kästner

Art Deco Porcelain Cup with Gilding & Black Enamel

This Art Deco porcelain cup and saucer – a collector's item for connoisseurs of antique porcelain – comes from the renowned Friedrich Kästner porcelain manufactory in Oberhohndorf near Zwickau and was probably made in the 1920s.

The elegant cup impresses with luxurious decorative gilding on the interior, handle, and base, as well as fine black solder contours for decorative contrast – typical stylistic features of Art Deco porcelain.

Special markings on the base are "11200" and "K 202." These numbers likely refer to an internal cataloging within the manufactory, but are not associated with any known decorative name.

Friedrich Kästner – Porcelain Manufactory from Saxony

The Friedrich Kästner porcelain factory was founded in 1882/83 in Oberhohndorf (today part of Zwickau). Friedrich Kästner (1855–1924) took over the factory from his father Florentin Kästner in 1883 and developed it into one of Saxony’s most successful porcelain manufactories.

The pieces carried distinctive marks – initially crossed mining tools, later hammer and chisel symbols representing the regional coal mining industry, accompanied by the initials “F K O Z” (Friedrich Kästner, Oberhohndorf, Zwickau).

In the 1920s, under designer Artur Hennig, the manufactory reached its avant-garde peak: clear forms, modern decorations, and the influence of interwar reform design brought international recognition.

After World War II, the factory was nationalized but continued production until it was finally closed in 1971.