CIRCA 1765, IMPRESSED BAVARIAN SHIELD MARK AND THE LETTER P AND INCISED STROKE MARK TO EACH, MOST PROBABLY FROM MODELS BY JOHANN HÄRINGER,

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A PAIR OF NYMPHENBURG CANDLESTICKS
Circa 1765, impressed Bavarian shield mark and the letter P and incised stroke mark to each, most probably from models by Johann Häringer,
The urn-shaped nozzles with waved rims, on baluster stems with domed circular bases, modelled in high relief with rococo scrolls, wave ornaments and foliage, the moulded decoration lightly enriched in blue, green, puce and iron-red, the circular footrims edged in gilt
7¾in. (19.8cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 2 July 1956, lot 153.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

For other examples of this high rococo model, see Friedrich H. Hofmann, Geschichte der Porzellan-Manufaktur Nymphenburg, Vol I, p.68, pl. 62; also Alfred Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellam, Sammlung Bäuml, Munich, 1997, p. 109, nos. 192-194.

Johann Häringer is listed in the factory records for 1763 as having been paid for models which would seem to correspond to the present examples.

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