Lot Essay
Cf. Kurt Röder and Michel Oppenheim, Höchster Porzellan (Mainz, 1930) pl. 126, no. 712, and pl. 128, no. 714.
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CIRCA 1755, BLUE WHEEL MARKS, THE WARMER INSCISED NI
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A HÖCHST FOODWARMER, COVER AND LINER AND AN ASSOCIATED BURNER
Circa 1755, blue wheel marks, the warmer inscised NI
The tapering cylindrical warmer painted in puce camaieu with insects in flight above elaborate scroll-bordered cartouches of children at play in soldier and peasant dress in landscapes, with two naturalistically modelled and coloured grotesque mask handles and two triangular scroll-moulded air vents beneath painted borders of leaf-swags suspended from rings, the cover with fruit finial and similarly decorated, the food dish with two shell-moulded handles, the associated burner painted with flowers (the warmer with very slight chipping to rims, the associated burner extensively damaged and repaired)
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Circa 1755, blue wheel marks, the warmer inscised NI
The tapering cylindrical warmer painted in puce camaieu with insects in flight above elaborate scroll-bordered cartouches of children at play in soldier and peasant dress in landscapes, with two naturalistically modelled and coloured grotesque mask handles and two triangular scroll-moulded air vents beneath painted borders of leaf-swags suspended from rings, the cover with fruit finial and similarly decorated, the food dish with two shell-moulded handles, the associated burner painted with flowers (the warmer with very slight chipping to rims, the associated burner extensively damaged and repaired)
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
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