A Strasbourg faience orange box
A Strasbourg faience orange box
Designed as an orange upon a leaf with moulded flowers. The upper part with a small dried plum forming the lid, the leaf stem curving around to form the handle. Unmarked. Minor rim chips. H c. 8, W c. 16.5 cm.
Paul Hannong period, c. 1750 - 54.
Provenance
Private collection, Westphalia, acquired in 1977 from Fischer-Böhler in Munich.
Literature
A similar lemon-model tureen published in: Bastian, Strasbourg. Faience et porcelaines 1721 - 1784, Strasbourg 2002, vol. 1, ill. 45.
A further identical tureen in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (inv. no. 1899.63 a/b, in: Rudi, Augenlust und Gaumenfreude, Hamburg 1998, no. 34).
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A Strasbourg faience orange box
Designed as an orange upon a leaf with moulded flowers. The upper part with a small dried plum forming the lid, the leaf stem curving around to form the handle. Unmarked. Minor rim chips. H c. 8, W c. 16.5 cm.
Paul Hannong period, c. 1750 - 54.
Provenance
Private collection, Westphalia, acquired in 1977 from Fischer-Böhler in Munich.
Literature
A similar lemon-model tureen published in: Bastian, Strasbourg. Faience et porcelaines 1721 - 1784, Strasbourg 2002, vol. 1, ill. 45.
A further identical tureen in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (inv. no. 1899.63 a/b, in: Rudi, Augenlust und Gaumenfreude, Hamburg 1998, no. 34).
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