A pair of Kassel faience jars from the apothecary of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel - image-1
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A pair of Kassel faience jars from the apothecary of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel - image-1A pair of Kassel faience jars from the apothecary of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel - image-2

Lot 727 Dα

A pair of Kassel faience jars from the apothecary of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.268 € (incl. premium)
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A pair of Kassel faience jars from the apothecary of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel

Cylindrical vessels with vacant rocaille cartouche motifs surmounted by princely crowns. One with glazed base marked "HL F.I." in blue, one unglazed and marked "H F II" in manganese. Yellowed and brittle restorations around one upper rim, chips.
18th C.

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

Cf. Fuchs/Heiland, Die deutsche Fayence-Kultur. Einhundertfünfzig der schönsten deutschen Fayencen, Munich 1925, pls. 73 a, there attributed to "Um 1750. Halle a.d. Saale".