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Lot Essay
Vienna, the second European factory making hard-paste porcelain was established in 1719. The production of its first period, before it was taken over in 1744 by the Austrian state, include some of the most beautiful examples of the Baroque style in porcelain.
From 1716 onwards, a Viennese court-official of Dutch extraction, Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier, had experimented in porcelain-making on the lines indicated in the letters from China of Père d'Entrecolles, but enjoyed no success until the enployment of two workmen from Meissen, C.C. Hunger and Böttger's kiln-master Samuel Stölzel.
This armorial vase can be classified under the second type of decoration which appeared around 1730 which consists of German flowers in a manner quite distinct from Meissen; charmingly stylised, fresh and delicate in colour. But it can also be classified under the third type of decoration associated with Anreiter and Dannhofer which consists of a variety of the Laub und Bandelwerk style, perhaps the most noteworthy of Viennese creations.
It is believed that much of the Du Paquier porcelain was decorated outside the factory and it is at times difficult to distinguish this.
Cf. W. Mrazek, Wiener Porzellan aus der Manufactur Du Paquier 1718-1744, Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK) (Wien 1952), Tafel 19, for a vase with similar decoration and similar coat of arms.
A. Busson, Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier, Wiener Porzellan der Frühzeit 1718-1744 (Wien 1994)
J.F. Havard, Wiener porcelain of the Du Paquier period (London 1952)
See illustration of front and back and illustration of the vase in the MAK, Vienna
From 1716 onwards, a Viennese court-official of Dutch extraction, Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier, had experimented in porcelain-making on the lines indicated in the letters from China of Père d'Entrecolles, but enjoyed no success until the enployment of two workmen from Meissen, C.C. Hunger and Böttger's kiln-master Samuel Stölzel.
This armorial vase can be classified under the second type of decoration which appeared around 1730 which consists of German flowers in a manner quite distinct from Meissen; charmingly stylised, fresh and delicate in colour. But it can also be classified under the third type of decoration associated with Anreiter and Dannhofer which consists of a variety of the Laub und Bandelwerk style, perhaps the most noteworthy of Viennese creations.
It is believed that much of the Du Paquier porcelain was decorated outside the factory and it is at times difficult to distinguish this.
Cf. W. Mrazek, Wiener Porzellan aus der Manufactur Du Paquier 1718-1744, Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK) (Wien 1952), Tafel 19, for a vase with similar decoration and similar coat of arms.
A. Busson, Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier, Wiener Porzellan der Frühzeit 1718-1744 (Wien 1994)
J.F. Havard, Wiener porcelain of the Du Paquier period (London 1952)
See illustration of front and back and illustration of the vase in the MAK, Vienna