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Lot 771 Dα

A rare Frankfurt faience novelty pitcher

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.276 € (incl. premium)
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A rare Frankfurt faience novelty pitcher

Pierced vessel with a model of a water bird in the interior. The outer surface and base painted with figural Chinoiserie motifs, the upper rim with a border of stiff foliage. Hollow glazed unmarked base. Base of the handle and the basal ring restored. Some minor glaze wear. With pewter cover and basal ring. H with cover 30 cm.
Late 17th C.

Provenance

Private collection, Hesse.

Literature

Illustrated in Bauer, Frankfurter Fayencen aus der Zeit des Barock, Frankfurt 1988, cat. no. 80.

Cf. Feulner, Frankfurter Fayencen, Berlin 1935, fig. 40 f., another similar jug.

Cf. Ziffer, Malerei und Feuerkunst. Fayencen der Sammlung Neuner, Wolfratshausen 2005, cat. no. 8, for a very similar Ansbach jug with star shaped piercings.

Exhibitions

"Frankfurter Fayencen aus der Zeit des Barock", Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt 1988 - 89.