Strasbourg, period Paul Hannong ca. 1750
Ø 36,8 cm; 25 cm high; no mark
The Strasbourg cabbage tureen was part of princely hunting services:
The "Protocollum Inventarisationis" from February 1761 shows, that the service of Castle ‘Clemenswerth’ contained two ‘Kapsköpfe’ (Cabbage heads) at that time (anniversary catalogue of Clemenswerth 1987 p. 475).
With a "span ordre" of Clemens August, E. Wagner has demonstrated that the service was already used for the hunt in autumn in 1751 at Clemenswerth (anniversary catalogue of Clemenswerth 1987 p. 475). According to the introduction of the "PH" mark, at the end of 1754 (Bastian 2002 vol. II p. 248), the early tureens bear no marks.
For "Augustusburg" Palace, Elector Clemens August ordered another faience service containing two 'boutouilles' in the shape of cabbage heads (exhibition catalogue 'Riss im Himmel' vol. VI. p. 430).