A BÖTTGER OR VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) HAUSMALEREI OVAL SUGAR-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1720, THE DECORATION PROBABLY CIRCA 1725-35
A BÖTTGER OR VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) HAUSMALEREI OVAL SUGAR-BOX AND COVER CIRCA 1720, THE DECORATION PROBABLY CIRCA 1725-35 The interior of the box and cover naïvely painted in purple and red with chinoiserie figures trapping birds in landscape vignettes, the lower part of the box exterior moulded with stiff leaves enriched in green and black and issuing purple and red foliate and husk ornament, the shoulder moulded with a band of coloured and gilded flowerheads, the domed cover similarly moulded with stiff-leaves enclosing two landscape vignettes with mythical beasts about a central moulded flowerhead medallion, gilt band rims (very slight wear to gilding, gilding on underside of footrim mainly worn away) 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide
A BÖTTGER OR VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) HAUSMALEREI OVAL SUGAR-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1720, THE DECORATION PROBABLY CIRCA 1725-35
A BÖTTGER OR VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) HAUSMALEREI OVAL SUGAR-BOX AND COVER CIRCA 1720, THE DECORATION PROBABLY CIRCA 1725-35 The interior of the box and cover naïvely painted in purple and red with chinoiserie figures trapping birds in landscape vignettes, the lower part of the box exterior moulded with stiff leaves enriched in green and black and issuing purple and red foliate and husk ornament, the shoulder moulded with a band of coloured and gilded flowerheads, the domed cover similarly moulded with stiff-leaves enclosing two landscape vignettes with mythical beasts about a central moulded flowerhead medallion, gilt band rims (very slight wear to gilding, gilding on underside of footrim mainly worn away) 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide
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