Art Nouveau Sugar Bowl with Butterflies – Blue Porcelain with Gilding – ca. 1900

An elegant antique porcelain sugar bowl from the period around 1900, executed in a soft blue ground color and richly decorated with butterflies and gilded details.

The spherical bowl stands on a small foot and has two graceful gilded handles. Fine, intricately worked butterflies with delicate gold lines and warm enamel colors fly across the blue surface. Small gold-colored rosette motifs give the whole piece a playful and light appearance.

The rim of the bowl is finished with a black band featuring geometric gold decor, a stylistic feature often found in porcelain from the Art Nouveau period. The original lid is present and bears the same butterfly motif decoration.

The combination of the blue ground, the refined gold work, and the nature motif makes this a typical fin-de-siècle decorative object.

A charming antique piece that looks beautiful in a display cabinet, on a set table, or as part of a collection of European porcelain.

Specifications

• Type: sugar bowl with lid

• Material: porcelain

• Origin: likely Bohemia / Germany

• Dating: ca. 1890 – 1910

• Style: Art Nouveau / Belle Époque

• Decoration: butterflies and gilding

• Width: ca. 14 cm (handle to handle)

• Height: ca. 11 cm

• Condition: good antique condition with light wear to gilding