Lot 323
  • 323

A fine and rare Strasbourg Paul Hannong faience Woodcock tureen and cover, circa 1750-54

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • faience
  • 21.9cm., 8 5/8 in. high
modelled by Jean-Guillaume (Johann Wilhelm) Lanz, with its head turning to preen its left wing, its moulded plumage picked out in naturalistic tones of yellows and browns, standing perched on a branch upon a small mound base,

Provenance

The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Saemy Rozenberg, Sotheby’s New York, 8th November 1985, lot 184

Condition

In good condition, no damage noted.
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Catalogue Note

The model which forms the pair to this example is illustrated by Jacques Bastian in Strasbourg, Faience et porcelaines (2002) p.48-49 and in L'Oeuvre des Hannong: Faiences de Strasbourg et Hagenau, the catalogue of an exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais Rohan-Strasbourg, January - March 1975, p.89.