Demitasse and Saucer
1900/02
Designed by Peter Behrens German, 1868-1940 Manufactured by Gebrüder Bauscher Weiden, Germany, founded 1881
Weiden in der Oberpfalz
Peter Behrens designed this demitasse (small coffee cup) and saucer for a model dining room display at the Wertheim department store in Berlin in 1902. It was one of twelve architect-designed rooms installed in the prominent German store; these rooms helped disseminate modern design to consumers. Behrens repeated the pattern of geometric forms on the furniture, lighting, wallpaper, and carpet of the room.
Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration