aviator cup in a gift box

Product description

On the occasion of the 260th anniversary of KPM Berlin, as a tribute to its eventful creative history and one of its most important designers to date, Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain, the Berlin porcelain manufactory is launching a real rarity of New Objectivity with its re-edition of the aviator cup . The special feature of the captivating design, which absolutely embodies Friedlaender-Wildenhain's creative premise: The stand ring of the espresso cup and the recess of the saucer interlock perfectly, creating a duo that is perfect in function and form, slip-proof and tip-proof.

Rarity in the spirit of New Objectivity Re-edition of the aviator cup by Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain

Concentration on the essentials and perfection in form and function characterize the period of New Objectivity and the work of Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain. After studying at the University of Applied Arts in Berlin, the designer joined the Bauhaus in Weimar in 1919, and six years later she became head of the ceramics workshop at the Burg Giebichenstein School of Arts and Crafts in Halle. This position laid the foundation for her collaboration with KPM Berlin as well as for numerous porcelain designs that were essential to the manufactory's design history. 

Her unadorned, perfectly shaped utilitarian harnesses with a special focus on functionality and practicality revolutionized the market, and her collections such as "Hallesche Form" made design history. A captivating design from this period, which absolutely embodies Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain's design premise, was commissioned by the former Halle airline: the "Ringmoccatasse", also known as the "aviator cup". The model for the cup, now re-edited by the KPM master workshop, was created at a time when Friedlaender-Wildenhain designed the "Hermes Services", named after the winged messenger of the gods, for the Schkeuditz airport restaurant, which was used exclusively there. 

The original of the espresso cup re-edited by the KPM master workshop was once created as a pure design study by the porcelain designer as part of this commissioned work and was not commercially available. This makes it a real rarity of its time and a must-have for all lovers and collectors of handmade Berlin porcelain and timeless Bauhaus aesthetics.