1826, MATTHIAS NIEDERMAYER PERIOD, IMPRESSED DATE CODE 826 AND 3 AND L

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A Vienna signed and dated topographical gold-ground nécessaire à écrire
1826, MATTHIAS NIEDERMAYER PERIOD, IMPRESSED DATE CODE 826 AND 3 AND L
Tintenzeug or inkstand, comprising: a rectangular tray with a panorama of Vienna from the Belvedere, inscribed in encre de Chine with Vue de la ville de Vienne, prise du château du Belvédère, signed and dated F. Schufried above 1826, a square sander, the concave upper part pierced, with four views, inscribed with La place dite Hohen markt à Vienne, la place de St.Michel vers le manège, à Vienne, le bureau J.R. de guerre et de l église, sur le Hof, à Vienne, La place dite Josephsplatz, à Vienne, a square inkwell and cover with four views, inscribed with La place dite Neuer Markt, à Vienne, La place dite le Graben, à Vienne, La place de la Cour J.R. à Vienne, La place et l' église de l'université, à Vienne, the cover with urn finial (small repaired chip to cover)
The tray 29 cm. wide, the inkwell 9.2 cm. high (4)

Provenance

From the Rudolf von Gutmann Collection.
And thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

For a similar inkstand see W. Mrazek & W. Neuwirth, Exhibition catalogue, Wiener Porzellan, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 1971, no. 708.

This nécessaire à éncrier was made during a remarkable collaboration between the Imperial porcelain factory and Viennese Biedermeier glass painters such as Schufried.

A similar inkstand was sold in The Collection of the Princely Family zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Christie's, Amsterdam, 25th September 2001, lot 101.

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