A VIENNA (SORGENTHAL) DARK-BROWN LACQUER CREAM JUG

CIRCA 1790, IMPRESSED 88 AND 26, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, INCISED F AND INSCRIBED IN INK 28.

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A VIENNA (SORGENTHAL) DARK-BROWN LACQUER CREAM JUG
Circa 1790, impressed 88 and 26, blue beehive mark, incised F and inscribed in ink 28.
Of baluster shape, with pinched spout and strap handle, gilt with chinoiserie figures in continuous landscape on the dark brown ground in imitation of lacquer, the border with a trailing vine
4.7/8in. (12cm.) high

Provenance

Private European Collection, acquired prior to World War II
By descent through the family

Lot Essay

See Deutsches Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Geschirr und Ziergert, Museum fr Kunsthandwerk, Franfurt, 1983, nos. 411-415 for a 'red and black lacquer' solitaire with gilt chinoiserie decoration, the cream-jug of similar shape to the present example.

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