Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 109
A very rare pair of Künersberg faience console brackets, circa 1750
2 July 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£12,000 - £18,000
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A very rare pair of Künersberg faience console brackets, circa 1750
Moulded with scrollwork enclosing panels, the central panel painted with a flower vase and insects below three moulded tassels heightened in yellow, panels of 'Indian' flowering branches and insects to the sides between reserves painted with a blue trellis pattern, 52.5cm across; 30.5cm high, both inscribed 'Künersberg' in blue on the reverse (some old restoration and minor losses) (2)
Footnotes
The only other Künersberg console bracket recorded in the literature is in the Bavarian National Museum (inv. no. 35/399, formerly in the collection of Archduke Ludwig Viktor, sold at the Dorotheum, Vienna, 24-27 October 1921, lot 296).
