Two Nidervillier faience figures of fruit sellers - image-1

Lot 1018 Dα

Two Nidervillier faience figures of fruit sellers

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
19.05.2023, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Faience
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 819 € (incl. premium)

Two Nidervillier faience figures of fruit sellers

Finely painted figures of a seated gardener girl offering fruit in her hat and a standing vintner with grapes. Unmarked. H 9.5 and 12.6 cm.
C. 1770.

Provenance

Private collection, Westphalia, acquired in 1985 from Fischer-Böhler, Munich.

Literature

The gardener figure in the Carabelli collection (in: Pietsch, Französische Fayencen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich 2009, no. 163).