A pair of faience sugar casters with "fleurs esseulées" - image-1

Lot 912 Dα

A pair of faience sugar casters with "fleurs esseulées"

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.750 € (incl. premium)

A pair of faience sugar casters with "fleurs esseulées"

Baluster form vessels of octagonal section with pierced lids. Finely painted with flowers and insects. Blue mark 6. One restored, glaze chips. H c. 19 cm
Attributed to Strasbourg, Paul Hannong period, c. 1750 - 4.

Provenance

Private collection, Westphalia.

Literature

The insect designs are based on engravings by Jacob Hoefnagel (cf. Bastian, Strasbourg. Faiences et porcelaines 1721 - 1784, vol. 2, Strasbourg 2002, illus. 364 ff).