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Lot 33
  • 33

A pair of Magdeburg faience pierced plates circa 1775

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • M in green enamel, one with painted inventory number 1895,396
  • 23cm., 9in.
each painted in manganese and green with a large spray of flowers, the pierced rims moulded with flower heads heightened in enamels

Exhibited

Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo, Utstilling av Gamle Tyske Fajanser, April 1932, nos.225 and 226

Literature

Gamle Tyske Fajanser, exhibition catalogue, Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo 1932, cat.nos.225 and 226

Catalogue Note

These plates were formerly considered to be Münden, and were published as such in the 1932 Oslo exhibition catalogue. Dr. Manfred Mainz has recently demonstrated that a large group can in fact be attributed to Magdeburg; see M.Puhle (pub.), Die Magdeburger Fayence- und Steingutmanufaktur der Familie Guischard 1756-1839, esp. pp.31ff, and no.130, for a similar plate.