Lot Essay
The C is the painter's mark of Lothar Charlot from Luneville
Details
A HÖCHST BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR TEA-CADDY
Circa 1750
Painted with flowering peony, the sides with a bird perched among prunus, the top with flower-sprays flanking a short cylindrical neck (extended crack down one long side and across the top), manganese wheel mark over C
4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) high
Circa 1750
Painted with flowering peony, the sides with a bird perched among prunus, the top with flower-sprays flanking a short cylindrical neck (extended crack down one long side and across the top), manganese wheel mark over C
4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) high
Literature
Hörst Reber, op. cit., p. 142
Exhibited
Höchst Exhibition 1984, no. VII, p. 25