A Proskau faience box formed as a partridge - image-1

Lot 669 Dα

A Proskau faience box formed as a partridge

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.984 € (incl. premium)

A Proskau faience box formed as a partridge

A naturalistically painted sweetmeats or butter dish, the wings forming the lid. Blue P mark and no. 6 on unglazed base. H 7.8 cm.
1783 - 93.

Literature

Two similar examples in: Riesebieter, Die deutschen Fayencen des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig 1921, p. 343, illus. 388.