A very rare Hanau faience part table service mid 18th century

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

underlined P in manganese, the dish additionally with the size marking No.3
the plates: 23.7cm, 9 3/8 in.; the dish: 39.4cm., 15 1/2 in.

each painted in turquoise-green outlined in manganese, a medallion enclosing a bird in flight over Oriental flowers issuing from rockwork, the rims with flower panels against a trellis-ground-band with foliage and flower heads, comprising: twelve plates and a canted rectangular dish

Literature

K.Schafft, 'Zahlen-Signaturen auf Hanauer Fayencen', in Keramos, 62/October 1973, p.61

Catalogue Note

An identical dish with the same markings in the Hetjens-Museum, Düsseldorf, is illustrated by A.Klein, Deutsche Fayencen im Hetjens-Museum, no.35.