MOSTLY 1771-1775, VARIOUSLY MARKED WITH SPOKED WHEELS (RADMARKE) AND CROWNED SPOKED WHEEL (KURHUTMARKE) IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND SOME VARIOUSLY IMPRESSED WITH RITZZEICHEN IN AND RITZZEICHEN IS

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A Höchst porcelain ornithological tête à tête
Mostly 1771-1775, variously marked with spoked wheels (Radmarke) and crowned spoked wheel (Kurhutmarke) in underglaze blue and some variously impressed with Ritzzeichen IN and Ritzzeichen IS
Gilt and painted in colours by L.V. Gerverot with various scenes of birds perched on branches, on root vignettes, further enhanced with flowersprays, the border with rocaille cartouches containing purple scale motifs, the edge outlined in gilt, comprising: an oblong tray, 33.5 cm. wide; a pair of cups and saucers; a tripod milkjug, 8 cm. high; an ovoid teapot and cover, 11 cm. high ; a bulbous sugarbowl and cover, 7.5 cm. high; a cylindrical chocolate pot with wooden handle, 10.5 cm. high
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Lot Essay

See P. Stahl, Höchster Porzellan, Frankfurt am Main, 1994, pp.96-97 for examples painted by Louis Victor Gerverot.

Before he came to Höchst, Gerverot worked in the Weesp porcelain factory (1769-1770) where he also painted comparable 'Indianische' bird decorations (see lot 156 in this sale).
See J.D. van Dam a.o., Rococo in Nederland, Amsterdam, 2001, pp.233-244 for a Weesp tureen, cover and stand painted by Gerverot with very similar decoration and colours.

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