A FRANKENTHAL BALUSTER COFFEE-POT
Lot 261

A FRANKENTHAL BALUSTER COFFEE-POT

CIRCA 1765, UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROWNED CT MONOGRAM, DECORATOR'S CONJOINED AB 6 MARK, IMPRESSED 2 ABOVE A CIRCLE

Closed31 March 2008

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GBP 2,000

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A FRANKENTHAL BALUSTER COFFEE-POT
CIRCA 1765, UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROWNED CT MONOGRAM, DECORATOR'S CONJOINED AB 6 MARK, IMPRESSED 2 ABOVE A CIRCLE
Painted in puce with Diana and Acteon, in a wooded river landscape, a rock with a Sgraffito signature OS., the vignette supported by a rococo gilt scroll and diaper half-cartouche, flanked by scattered sprigs, the scroll handle and spout with gilt foliate terminals, the gilt border with pendant husks (cover lacking, minute wear to gilding on spout)
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high

With Daniela Kumpf, Wiesbaden.

Specialist note

The OS monogram is attributed to the artist Jakob Osterspey. Signed examples of his work are in the Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Grassimuseum, Leipzig, see the coffee-pot illustrated by Dieter Gielke in Europäisches Porzellan Museum Catalogue (Leipzig, n.d.), p. 56, no. 36.