Nymphenburg four demitasse cups soft painting partly embossed lozenge shield marks with star 1890-1905 and/or underglaze blue stamp marks 1899-1910, partly. Embossed number 98, brush mark and brush number XVIII, flowering quatrefoil shape with four small feet and relief decoration as a fourfold, vertically structured palm motif, in the spaces between each a branch of flowers in front of a coloured background in fine polychrome overglaze painting, Green and gold decoration, gold rim and gold powder to the inner lip, each with matching saucer and three further saucers, rare Art Nouveau relief cups, one with chip to the lip, otherwise good condition, h cup 8.5 cm, d saucer 12 cm.

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