A faience plate with the coat of arms of the Höchstetter family - image-1
A faience plate with the coat of arms of the Höchstetter family - image-2
A faience plate with the coat of arms of the Höchstetter family - image-1A faience plate with the coat of arms of the Höchstetter family - image-2

Lot 760 Dα

A faience plate with the coat of arms of the Höchstetter family

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.008 € (incl. premium)

A faience plate with the coat of arms of the Höchstetter family

The border painted with scattered flowers and insects. Unmarked. Some localised wear to the glaze of the rim, chips. Diameter 24.7 cm.
Nuremberg or Ansbach, around 1700.

The Höchstetters were a patrician family from Augsburg who, alongside the Fuggers, ran one of the largest German trading houses at the beginning of the 16th century.

Provenance

Private collection, Hesse.