A Strasbourg faience "fleur esseulée" platter - image-1

Lot 911 Dα

A Strasbourg faience "fleur esseulée" platter

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 3.000 € (incl. premium)

A Strasbourg faience "fleur esseulée" platter

Oval platter painted with a moth beside a large rose after a motif by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. Blue conjoined mark iH 861, /90 in sepia. With scratches, some restorations to the rim, glaze wear. W 33.2 cm.
Joseph Hannong period, c. 1763 - 70.

Provenance

Private collection, Westphalia.

Literature

Cf. Bastian, Strasbourg. Faiences et porcelaines 1721 - 1784, vol. 2, Strasbourg 2002, illus. 522, painted with an identical rose but with a scarab beetle instead of a moth.