DATED 1808, BOTH SIGNED JOS.(EPH) NIGG, ONE ALSO DATED 1808

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A PAIR OF VIENNA PORCELAIN SQUARE PLAQUES OF STILL-LIVES
DATED 1808, BOTH SIGNED JOS.(EPH) NIGG, ONE ALSO DATED 1808
Each finely painted with a bouquet of flowers, including a tulip, a lily, forget-me-nots, roses, carnations, an iris, a camellia and other flowers, all in a glass vase on a ledge
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.), square, excluding the giltwood frames

Provenance

Sir Herbert Jermingham, Longridge Towers, Berwick Upon Tweed.
Collection of Mrs. John Rovensky (formerly Mrs. Morton F. Plant); Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1957, part IV, lot 477.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Crawford, later Aitken (1900-1984) from the above.

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Lot Essay

Joseph Nigg (1782-1863) studied under Johann Drechsler at the Academy in Vienna, before becoming arguably the most accomplished flower painter ever to be employed at the Vienna porcelain manufactory. Active at the factory between 1799 and 1843, he became the head flower painter in 1816 and a tutor of flower painting from 1835. Dating to 1808, these plaques are from the earlier part of his illustrious painting career.

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