Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 20*
A rare Meissen Hausmaler teapot and cover, the porcelain early 1720s, the decoration probably circa 1740
6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,650 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A rare Meissen Hausmaler teapot and cover, the porcelain early 1720s, the decoration probably circa 1740
Painted in black monochrome with a continuous classical landscape scene depicting figures by ruins on one side and Bacchanalian figures on the reverse, below a gilt band with pendant scrollwork and flowers, iron-red line borders to rims, the domed cover similarly decorated, the curved spout with a mask terminal, 10.7cm high (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Mr and Mrs H.G. Terwilliger Collection, Vermont;
The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen Porcelain
The Hausmaler decorator responsible for this distinctive monochrome style, found on Meissen and Du Paquier porcelain, (sometimes referred to as the 'Indian Ink' painter) remains to be identified. The gilt borders may indicate a Bayreuth Hausmaler, but the style perhaps closer to Vienna or Bohemian decorators (see S. Kuhn, The Hausmaler, in M. Chilton/C. Lehner-Jobst (eds.), Fired by Passion, vol. I (2009), pp. 543-544).
