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Two Kloster Veilsdorf porcelain figural pot-pourri vases and covers, 1771-80
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Porcelain
- 27.4cm., 10 3/4 in. and 26.8cm., 10 1/2 in. high
modelled as marbled urn-shaped vases applied with flower garlands, on pierced rock work plinths issuing mossy grass, one adorned with a figure of cupid, modelled by Pfränger Junior; the other with a piping shepherd, modelled by Pfränger Senior,
Literature
RELATED LITERATURE
Richard Graul and Albrecht Kurzwelly, op. cit., 1909, tav. 34, nr. 2.
Richard Graul and Albrecht Kurzwelly, op. cit., 1909, tav. 34, nr. 2.
Catalogue Note
Both pot-pourri models are listed under 'Insgemein und Galanterie' in the manufactory records for June and July 1771. Graul and Kurzwelly illustrate an example of each pot-pourri model from the collections of the Thüringer museum, Eisenach, and the Städtisches Kunstgewerbemuseum, Leipzig. A further example of the model with a shepherd is in the V&A museum, London, mus. no. C.28-1960.