Bidspirit auction | German Third Reich Porcelain Cup


German Third Reich Porcelain Cup with Portrait of Adolf Hitler - A porcelain cup in white with a gilt rim, featuring a printed portrait bust of Adolf Hitler in uniform on one side and a facsimile signature reading ”Adolf Hitler” beneath it. The cup has a single loop handle, and the underside of the base shows a faint impressed number. Portrait items of this kind were part of a broader current of everyday domestic and commemorative goods produced in Germany between 1933 and 1945, when Hitler's image was widely reproduced on ceramics, postcards, and household objects as an instrument of state propaganda and the wider Führer cult. Such wares were manufactured by numerous porcelain firms, some of long standing, either for open retail sale or as gifts and commemorative pieces tied to party events, anniversaries, or state occasions. They reflect the normalisation of Nazi leadership imagery within civilian life during the Third Reich rather than any specific individual event.