Vase
ca. 1746-1750 (made)
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Pear-shaped with flaring mouth. Two figures int he landscape, one on horseback near a river with rocks and trees on each side. A castle in the background. Besides the frame of red and yellow roses, green leaves and yellow rococo motives. There are scattered flowers on the vase.
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Vase painted with a landscape in black (Schwarzlot) by Cajetan Huber and the border painted in colours by Georg Friedrich Hess, German (Höchst), about 1746-50 |
Physical description | Pear-shaped with flaring mouth. Two figures int he landscape, one on horseback near a river with rocks and trees on each side. A castle in the background. Besides the frame of red and yellow roses, green leaves and yellow rococo motives. There are scattered flowers on the vase. |
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Gallery label | Vase with Schwarzlot landscape painted by Cajetan Huber and borders by Georg Friedrich Hess, German (Höchst), about 1746-50
C.246-1923
Bought through the H.B. Murray Bequest(2010 (TAB)) |
Credit line | Purchased through the Bequest of Captain H. B. Murray |
Object history | Sometime after acquistion, the painting on this vase was attributed to Ignatz Hess. Reber (see Refs.) says that the initials in the landscape could be either 'CN' or 'CH'. He believes the coloured works to have been painted by Georg Friedrich Hess. |
Historical context | Pear-shaped vases decorated in colours with flowers in Meissen style and with landscapes (sometimes in black) in fantastic painted Rococo framework are a characteristic Höchst fayence type. Johannes Zeschinger, G.F. Hess and Ignatz Hess were the chief painters of these. A note in the register suggests that the initials in the landscape refer to 'Cajetan Huber'. |
Production | Lanscape painted by Huber and borders by Hess. |
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Accession number | C.246-1923 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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