Majolica Cobalt-Blue Ground Egg and Swan Pitcher Circa
Majolica Cobalt-Blue Ground Egg and Swan Pitcher
Circa 1875
Black painted 414 and 11, attributed to T.C. Brown-Westhead Moore & Co.
Modeled as a white swan nesting on a large oviform egg, the curved swan's neck and a gather of bulrushes reeds forming the handle, its wing tips forming the spout, on a rocky ledge. Height 17 1/2 inches.
Note:
The present form is based on the Sèvres porcelain vase cygne à roseau en bruire. A close variation of this model was produced by Hugo Lonitz, shape no. 1425. A smaller version of this model has also been attributed to Bevington (see example in this collection, lot no. 1070).
Reference:
Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 4965 for a hard paste porcelain example of the Sèvres model dated 1781, 19 inches high. Victoria & Albert Museum, for three porcelain examples by H.R. Daniels, Hanley, circa 1825-30. no. c.558-1935. Peter Luscombe, 2012 Challenge Cup Winning Swan Lipped Ewer, Daniel Ceramic Circle Newsletter, no. 31, May 2013, p. 9. Antiques and Arts in Queensland, March - July 2013, cover and contents page for a pair identified as Hugo Lonitz with 'impressed factory mark, 1425', image courtesy of Discovery Corner Brisbane. The Majolica International Society, Karmason Library, no. KL001430, for a similar example from the English Collection, now at the Walters Art Museum Baltimore (The materials described as a light white clay body. The marks described: footrim stamped and black hand painted '414', '4' '7'. Impressed "32', '414').
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition Report: Professional restoration to swan neck, reeds and spout.
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
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Majolica Cobalt-Blue Ground Egg and Swan Pitcher
Circa 1875
Black painted 414 and 11, attributed to T.C. Brown-Westhead Moore & Co.
Modeled as a white swan nesting on a large oviform egg, the curved swan's neck and a gather of bulrushes reeds forming the handle, its wing tips forming the spout, on a rocky ledge. Height 17 1/2 inches.
Note:
The present form is based on the Sèvres porcelain vase cygne à roseau en bruire. A close variation of this model was produced by Hugo Lonitz, shape no. 1425. A smaller version of this model has also been attributed to Bevington (see example in this collection, lot no. 1070).
Reference:
Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 4965 for a hard paste porcelain example of the Sèvres model dated 1781, 19 inches high. Victoria & Albert Museum, for three porcelain examples by H.R. Daniels, Hanley, circa 1825-30. no. c.558-1935. Peter Luscombe, 2012 Challenge Cup Winning Swan Lipped Ewer, Daniel Ceramic Circle Newsletter, no. 31, May 2013, p. 9. Antiques and Arts in Queensland, March - July 2013, cover and contents page for a pair identified as Hugo Lonitz with 'impressed factory mark, 1425', image courtesy of Discovery Corner Brisbane. The Majolica International Society, Karmason Library, no. KL001430, for a similar example from the English Collection, now at the Walters Art Museum Baltimore (The materials described as a light white clay body. The marks described: footrim stamped and black hand painted '414', '4' '7'. Impressed "32', '414').
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition Report: Professional restoration to swan neck, reeds and spout.
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
