A Niedermayer porcelain urn with "fleurs en terrasse"
Of Neoclassical form with two handles, fired in two parts and screw-mounted. Finely painted with a continuous band of Continental wildflowers on gilt ground. Blue bindenschild mark, year stamp 826, dreher's no. 59. H 33.5. D 26.5 cm.
Vienna, Niedermayer manufactory, fired in 1826, decor attributed to Joseph Nigg.
Joseph Nigg (1782 - 1863), to whom the decor of this vase is attributed, was the most prominent flower painter of his time. His decor is inimitable and unmistakeable. He depicts his flowers closely packed and in their fullest stage shortly before they begin to wilt against the gilt ground developed at Niedermayer in the 1820s.
Provenance
Purchased in 2006 from Karen Manning.
Literature
Wittwer (ed.), Raffinesse & Eleganz, Munich 2007, no. 82.
An identical vase in the collection of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand in Arnstetten Palace, Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand-Museum in cat. Thun-Hohenstein/Franz (ed.), 300 Jahre Wiener Porzellan Manufaktur, Vienna/Stuttgart 2018, p. 225.
Exhibitions
Raffinesse & Eleganz - Königliche Porzellane des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung, Berlin, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Schloss Charlottenburg, 28th July - 4th November 2007
Die Sammlung Cohen. Porzellane der grossen Manufakturen 1800 - 1840. Wien, Liechtenstein Museum, 16th November 2007 - 11th February 2008
Refinement & Elegance - Early 19th-Century Royal Porcelain from an American private collection, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 9th September 2008 - 19th April 2009