A Niedermayer porcelain urn with "fleurs en t ...

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, potter's no. 59. H 33.5. D 26.5 cm.

Vienna, Niedermayer manufactory, fired in 1826, decor attributed to Joseph Nigg.

** Provenance
Purchased in 2006 from Karen Manning.

** 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