Kpm Berlin, Marguerite Friedlaender-wildenhain, Small Tea-extract Pot, "hallesche Form," 1932

KPM Berlin – Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain, small “Hallesche Form” tea extract jar, circa 1932

Rare Art Deco small tea extract pot from the famous “Hallesche Form” porcelain service by KPM Berlin. White porcelain adorned with hand-applied gold rings, featuring a movable 800 silver handle that retains traces of its original gilding.

Design: Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain, 1929/1930
“Goldringe” decoration: Trude Petri, 1930/1931
Manufactured by: Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (KPM), Germany, circa 1932.

Materials: White porcelain with gold decoration, detachable 800 silver handle with traces of gilding.

Markings: KPM’s blue scepter, red imperial orb, and the Giebichenstein Castle emblem stamped in relief. Painter’s number “84/116” inscribed in black, accompanied by a wavy line below. No other hallmarks. The silver handle bears the “800” hallmark beneath its upper curve.

Dimensions: Height without handle 8.4 cm; with handle approximately 14 cm.
1 inch = 2.54 cm.

Condition: Very good condition. Partial wear of the original gilding on the silver handle.

Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain (1896–1985), a ceramicist trained at the Bauhaus and head of the ceramics studio at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, created the “Hallesche Form” tableware set, considered one of the major achievements of German modernist porcelain.

Trude Petri’s “Goldringe” design combines the functional simplicity inherited from the Bauhaus with the geometric elegance of Art Deco.

Bibliography: *Die Schaulade*, no. 7, 1931, p. 216 (illustration); Tim D. Gronert, *Das Porzellan der KPM Berlin 1918–1988*, Vol. I, 2020, p. 310.

Comparable works: GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig; The Wolfsonian–Florida International University.

Keywords: KPM Berlin, Hallesche Form, Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain, Trude Petri, Bauhaus porcelain, Burg Giebichenstein, Goldringe, German Art Deco, small tea extract pot, miniature teapot, 800 silver handle, German porcelain, modernist design, KPM Berlin.