Rare Teapot w/ Shadow Flowers

This is a really neat little teapot made by Royal Vienna in the 18th century and quite early - before they used date codes. Likely from a solitaire or a bachelor tea pot. The piece has a nice shape to it with that fun rim but the best part is that it is hand painted with a floral arrangement to the front and back and some bugs as well. Each comes with its own shadow a style I have never seen used by Vienna only by Meissen where it was always attributed to the painter Klinger. And that is not the only connection to Meissen - it used to be part of the collection at castle Geiersberg which used to be the residence of Graf Marcolini the director of the Meissen factory from 1774 until 1814. So that is neat and some nice provenance. The pot also has a nice brown trim to the top edge and puce trim to the handle. The lid has a ladybug with its shadow and two flowers plus a leaf, same brown edge trim and a bit of puce trim to the finial with a bug on top. Perfect size to display without taking up much room! A very unusual and really nice piece! The pot and lid are in perfect condition. There is a rough spot to the tip of the spout but it is not a chip just a a spot where the glaze didn't take when it was made and a spot along the top edge that was ground down but the trim color is the same and goes all the way through so it must have been done when made as well. It displays perfectly! The tea pot is 3.625 inches tall (including the handle), 5.5 inches from handle to spout and 3.5 inches in diameter. The bottom is marked with the under glaze beehive / shield mark as well as a script letter L, some other red markings that are mostly gone and impossible to figure out plus an impressed 35p as shown. Please email me for more information or photos.