Bidspirit auction | German 1930s Porcelain Souvenir Cup

German 1930s Porcelain Souvenir Cup and Saucer - Nürnberg Adolf Hitler-Platz - A porcelain teacup and matching saucer decorated with a hand-colored transfer view of Nürnberg's town square, captioned 'Nürnberg Adolf Hitler-Platz'. The scene depicts period townhouses and a church spire under a stylized sky, with gilt rim banding on both cup and saucer. This type of souvenir porcelain was produced commercially in Germany during the 1930s, reflecting the renaming of the square during that era. No maker's mark is visible in the photos provided.The renaming of civic squares and streets after Adolf Hitler and other Nazi figures was a widespread practice in German towns and cities during the 1930s, part of the broader effort to embed the regime's personality cult into everyday public life. Nürnberg held particular symbolic importance for the Nazi Party as the site of its annual Reichsparteitag (Party Rally) from 1927 onward, making the city a natural focus for such commemorative renamings and associated commercial souvenir production. Tourist and souvenir items depicting these renamed locations were commonly sold to visitors and rally attendees, functioning both as keepsakes and as everyday propaganda normalising the new political landscape. Such square and street names were reversed after 1945 during the Allied de-Nazification of German public spaces.