Lot 37
  • 37

A Du Paquier Tankard with parcel-gilt mounts, circa 1730-35

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • PORCELAIN
  • 12.7cm., 5 in. high
of cylindrical form, painted with sprays of European flowers beneath an iron-red, puce and gilt foliate border, silvered line border to inner rim, scroll thumbpiece and handle mount,

Provenance

With Röbbig, Munich

Literature

Elisabeth Sturm-Bednarczyk (HG.), Claudius Innocentius du Paquier, Weiner Porzellan der Frühzeit 1718-44, 1994, p. 77, no. 86

Comparative Literature

A related tankard with silver-gilt mounts with Vienna hallmarks (1720-36; figure 2 for the 1720s legible) and Europäische decoration is in the collection of MAK - Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/ Gegenwartskunst, Vienna, inv. no. Ke. 3921, see Mereditch Chilton and Claudius Lehner-Jobst, Fired by Passion, Vienna Baroque Porcelain of Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier, 2009, Vol. III, p. 1259, no. 168; J. F. Hayward, Viennese Porcelain of the Du Paquier Period, 1952, pl. 45.

Condition

Metal pin to hinged cover is lacking. Minor wear to silver-gilding. Minor surface scratches and wear to gilding.
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