The firm was founded in 1802 in Pirkenhammer, Bohemia, Austria (Today called Brezova in the Czech Republic) by Johann Gottlob List and Friedrich Hocke and the company name was Friedrich Hocke. In 1805 the firm was leased by Gottlob Winkel and Ferdinand Kranz and eventually sold to Christopher Reivhenbach and Christian Nonne in 1811.
The firm then became Christian Fischer. In 1859 Christian sold the firm to his own son Rudolf Karl Fischer and son-in-law Ludwig von Mieg. The firm then became Fischer & Mieg. In 1918 the firm merged into the Epiag group, maintaining its name until 1945 when the group was nationalised and became part of Starorolsky Porcelain and in 1958 Karlovarsky Porcelan Brezova.
The item is a beautiful and stylish fine porcelain wide rimmed tea cup, manufactured by Fischer & Mieg around 1918-1920, and designed in an art deco style. The tea cup is white with prominent gold trim and gold band around the body. Gold has also distinctively been used on the tea cup handle.
Stamped underneath with the Fischer & Mieg mark for the period..
The tea cup is in excellent condition considering the age.
Cup height of rim: 4.8 cm, Diameter of base: 5.2 cm, Diameter of rim: 11.4 cm
