A rare Hoechst faience tea pot formed as an oak stump. - image-1
A rare Hoechst faience tea pot formed as an oak stump. - image-2
A rare Hoechst faience tea pot formed as an oak stump. - image-1A rare Hoechst faience tea pot formed as an oak stump. - image-2

Lot 727 Dα

A rare Hoechst faience tea pot formed as an oak stump.

Auction 1066 - overview Cologne
20.05.2016, 14:00 - Decoratvie Arts II
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 1.860 € (incl. premium)

A rare Hoechst faience tea pot formed as an oak stump.

Painted underside with brown wheel mark and painter´s initials I:Z: for Johannes Zeschinger. Minor chips, esp. to the tip of the spout and the relief decoration. H 17.7 cm.

Literature

Published in: Reber (Die Kurmainzische Porzellan-Manufaktur Höchst, Munich 1986, p. 87 ff.) also lists all comparable published examples. Pitchers of the same model in the following collections:
Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum Mainz (illus. 71, painter's monogram W)
Hetjens-Museum Düsseldorf (illus. 80, painter's monogram W)
Hofheim, collection of Bruno Sandner (illus. 81, painter's monogram W)