Antique Royal Bayreuth Bavaria Strawberry Porcelain Creamer with Gilt

A delightful antique Royal Bayreuth Bavaria porcelain creamer modeled as a ripe strawberry, with a richly hand-painted red body, green leafy rim, white blossom detail, and an elegant gilt-painted handle. Produced in Bavaria, Germany, during the early twentieth century, this piece belongs to Royal Bayreuth’s highly collectible tradition of figural porcelain tablewares inspired by fruits, vegetables, animals, shells, and other natural forms. The Royal Bayreuth Collectors Club notes that most figural Royal Bayreuth pieces were made and sold from approximately 1890 through the 1920s, making an early twentieth-century date appropriate for this type of object.

The creamer is beautifully sculptural, with the strawberry body serving as the vessel and the leafy upper edge forming a naturalistic spout. The gold-toned handle is especially decorative, adding a refined accent to the playful fruit-form body and making this example more visually distinctive than the more common green-handled versions. Small white flowers and molded leaf details soften the composition, while the glossy porcelain surface gives the piece the delicate finish associated with fine Bavarian porcelain.

Royal Bayreuth, produced in Tettau, Bavaria, is widely recognized for porcelain and figural novelty wares, and comparable strawberry creamers are consistently marketed as antique Royal Bayreuth porcelain pieces. These pieces were originally intended for the tea or breakfast table, but today they are especially desirable as decorative cabinet objects and collectible examples of whimsical European porcelain.

This strawberry creamer displays beautifully alongside Royal Bayreuth tomato ware, fruit-form porcelain, shell creamers, lobster pieces, and other naturalistic table objects. It also works wonderfully as a standalone accent in a cabinet, on a tea table, open shelf, breakfast room, or country house interior. The combination of vivid color, charming form, gilt handle, and early twentieth-century Bavarian craftsmanship gives the piece exceptional decorative presence.

Presented in antique condition consistent with age and use, with light wear appropriate to hand-painted porcelain of this period. A charming and collectible Royal Bayreuth Bavaria strawberry-form creamer with wonderful color, character, and table charm.

Details

• 1stDibs reference: LU10969250608682
• Period: Early 20th Century
• Date: 1900
• Origin: Germany
• Materials: Porcelain
• Techniques: Hand-Crafted
• Style: Art Nouveau
• Dimensions: H 3 × W 2 × D 3.5 IN
• Condition: GOOD