CIRCA 1765, UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROWNED CT MONOGRAM, DECORATOR'S CONJOINED AB 6 MARK, IMPRESSED 2 ABOVE A CIRCLE

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A FRANKENTHAL BALUSTER COFFEE-POT
CIRCA 1765, UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROWNED CT MONOGRAM, DECORATOR'S CONJOINED AB 6 MARK, IMPRESSED 2 ABOVE A CIRCLE
Painted in puce with Diana and Acteon, in a wooded river landscape, a rock with a Sgraffito signature OS., the vignette supported by a rococo gilt scroll and diaper half-cartouche, flanked by scattered sprigs, the scroll handle and spout with gilt foliate terminals, the gilt border with pendant husks (cover lacking, minute wear to gilding on spout)
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high

Provenance

With Daniela Kumpf, Wiesbaden.

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Lot Essay

The OS monogram is attributed to the artist Jakob Osterspey. Signed examples of his work are in the Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Grassimuseum, Leipzig, see the coffee-pot illustrated by Dieter Gielke in Europäisches Porzellan Museum Catalogue (Leipzig, n.d.), p. 56, no. 36.

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