European Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
European Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Property from the Collection of the Late Paula and Don Gaston
Two Rare Ludwigsburg Miniature Figural Tavern Groups from The Venetian Carnival Series, Circa 1770
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April 12, 03:24 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Property from the Collection of the Late Paula and Don Gaston
Two Rare Ludwigsburg Miniature Figural Tavern Groups from The Venetian Carnival Series, Circa 1770
modelled by Jean-Jacques Louis, each with a group of three figures seated or stood around a table, one group playing a dice game, the other group eating a meal of roast chicken, upon 'marbled' 'tiled' rectangular bases, painter's marks in iron-red, possibly for Domenikus Chr. Sausenhofer, or Georg Michael Steinbrenner
height of tallest 2 7/8 in.
7.3 cm
Property of a Gentleman, Sotheby's London, May 21 1968, lots 73-74;
Collection of Ernesto F. Blohm, Christies London, April 10 1989, lots 56-57
Collection of Ernesto F. Blohm, Christies London, April 10 1989, lots 56-57
A further example of the figure group playing dice was in the Jean Wurz Collection, Mannheim, sold at Rudolph Lepkke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, December 10-11, 1924, lot 31, later sold at Christies London, October 7 1996, lot 333. A further example of the figure group eating a meal was sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. New York, March 8 1979, lot 3.
The Venetian Carnival series of figures modelled at Ludwigsburg is associated to the factory's patron Carl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1728-1793). In 1767 the Duke stayed in Venice for almost half a year where he would have attended the Ascension Day regatta. The following year in January the Duke initiated a Venetian Fair held in the Ludwigsburg market place which became an annual event until his death in 1793. The Ludwigsburg figure series is discussed by S. Hesse, Herzog Carl Eugens in Venezianische Messe in Ludwigsburg und Stuttgart, 2008.
The Venetian Carnival series of figures modelled at Ludwigsburg is associated to the factory's patron Carl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1728-1793). In 1767 the Duke stayed in Venice for almost half a year where he would have attended the Ascension Day regatta. The following year in January the Duke initiated a Venetian Fair held in the Ludwigsburg market place which became an annual event until his death in 1793. The Ludwigsburg figure series is discussed by S. Hesse, Herzog Carl Eugens in Venezianische Messe in Ludwigsburg und Stuttgart, 2008.