TROMPE-L'OEIL ROSE Strasbourg, Paul Hannong period, 1750–54.

TROMPE-L'OEIL ROSE

Strasbourg, Paul Hannong period, 1750–54.
Faience covered vessel, naturalistically modelled with a stem and leaves and painted in red, blue, brown and green enamel colors. Unmarked.
Ø 10 cm, H 7 cm.
Two small chips to the rim and cracks. Restored.

Provenance:
- Weinmüller Auction, September 1967, Lot 2.
- H. Saal Art Gallery, Germany.
- Peter Ducret Collection, Kilchberg; acquired in Hanover in 1991.

The same model is illustrated in the archival photograph above.
Comparable examples: Stuker, May 1964, lots 2700–2705; and Pescheteau-Badin, Paris, 11 June 2024, lots 316 and 317.

According to Peter Ducret’s documentation, the present example was sold together with another rose (now in the Museum Höchstädt, inv. no. HöS.K0137) at Weinmüller in September 1967 (attributed to Abtsbessingen).