CIRCA 1828, VASES WITH BLUE SHIELD MARKS, ONE WITH PRESSNUMMER 40 AND 828, OTHER WITH 25 AND 824 AND INDISTINCT PAINTER'S PUCE MARK, ONE STAND WITH F824 AND INCISED 8., OTHER WITH INDISTINCT INCISED MARKS, VASES WITH STENCILLED YELLOW CROWN GOTHIC SCRIPT F ALTENBERG 1808 INVENTORY MARKS, STANDS EACH WITH YELLOW STENCILLED 1808

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A PAIR OF VIENNA GOLD-GROUND FLARED CYLINDRICAL VASES AND SQUARE STANDS
CIRCA 1828, VASES WITH BLUE SHIELD MARKS, ONE WITH PRESSNUMMER 40 AND 828, OTHER WITH 25 AND 824 AND INDISTINCT PAINTER'S PUCE MARK, ONE STAND WITH F824 AND INCISED 8., OTHER WITH INDISTINCT INCISED MARKS, VASES WITH STENCILLED YELLOW CROWN GOTHIC SCRIPT F ALTENBERG 1808 INVENTORY MARKS, STANDS EACH WITH YELLOW STENCILLED 1808
The flared upper parts of the vases painted with a continuous frieze of luxuriant garden flowers en terrasse, including roses, dahlia, auricula, iris, viola, narcissus, poppy, foxglove and lily on matt gilt grounds below broad gilt bands at the rims, each cylindrical lower part moulded with two gilt ribs enclosing a richly gilt band tooled with flowerheads, on four matt gilt paw feet and square bases, the sides of the square plinth stands with broad matt gilt bands tooled with anthemion palmettes flanked by vine and scrolls, the stepped lower parts with ciselé foliage (one stand with two minute chips to edge, both stands with slight wear to tops)
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Presumably Friedrich, Duke of Saxe Altenburg.

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Lot Essay

In 1825 the Saxe Gotha Altenburg ducal line died out, and after a complicated re-distribution of family territories, Friedrich, Duke of Hildburghausen became the Duke of Saxe Altenburg in November 1826. His territories in the Eastern corner of Thuringia included Schloss Altenburg near Gera. If the gothic F on the base of these vases does refer to Friedrich, the vases must presumably have been at Schloss Altenburg by his death in 1834, as he was the last Duke to have had the initial F. He married Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz (1769-1818) in 1785.

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