TWO FRANKFURT BLUE AND WHITE SPIRIT FLASKS of square section with arched shoulders and cylindrical horizontally-ribbed necks, painted with chinosierie figures at various pursuits in river landscapes before buildings and among trees and shrubs, one shoulder with stylised flowerheads and the other with cloud scrolls and zig-zag ornament (one with internal crack and restored hole to one side, the other with restored crack to one side extending into shoulder and across three sides, chips to foot and repaired chip to one angle, both with slight flaking to rims and one angle), circa 1700
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TWO FRANKFURT BLUE AND WHITE SPIRIT FLASKS of square section with arched shoulders and cylindrical horizontally-ribbed necks, painted with chinosierie figures at various pursuits in river landscapes before buildings and among trees and shrubs, one shoulder with stylised flowerheads and the other with cloud scrolls and zig-zag ornament (one with internal crack and restored hole to one side, the other with restored crack to one side extending into shoulder and across three sides, chips to foot and repaired chip to one angle, both with slight flaking to rims and one angle), circa 1700
27cm. high (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, 'Deutsche Fayence', Catalogue, no. 51; see also Margrit Bauer, op. cit., no. 118