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Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug

A very rare, large, lidded ‘Schwartz Porcelain’ tankard

Painted by Martin Schnell with polychrome lacquer colours and gold
Dresden 1710

No mark
Hallmarked silver mount, probably Dresden
Height: 17,1 cm (without lid, with mount), 19,8 cm (with lid)

Description

Our ‘Schwartz Porcelain’ tankard stands at the beginning of the Böttger stoneware. It was created in the pioneering year of 1710, when Johann Friedrich Böttger recruited Martin Schnell. This artist provided of the particular skills needed for the flourishing Europe-an lacquer art, adored in the 18th century. So, he could contribute with his experience and knowledge to a new form of art: the Meissen ‘Schwartz Porcelain’.

The tankard belongs to a small, exclusive group of only four ‘Schwartz Porcelain’ lidded tankards with finely coloured, well-preserved lacquer painting:

  1. The first of these is in the Rijksmuseum (Den Blaauwen cat. no. 50) and comes from the famous Margarethe and Franz Oppenheimer Collection. It was acquired at the legendary So-theby's sale of 14.09.2021 (No. 4) for a sensational price of around USD 250,000.
  2. The second comparable tankard is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (inv. no. 1983.607), ex. Collection Felix Kramarsky.
  3. The third was in the famous porcelain Collection of C. H. Fischer, Dresden, which was auc-tioned in 1918 (Helbing Munich 13-14.5.1918 no. 447 plate 29a). Its whereabouts is un-known.
  4. Our tankard origins of the Collection Robert G. Vater, Frankfurt, ex. Sotheby's 06.12.1955 No. 108.

These four tankards form a group of their own. Their painting is of outstanding quality and unique within the Schwartz Porcelains in Meissen. It is characterised by the following features: 

  • delicacy of painting in figures, landscapes, architecture and flowers yielding the narrative character of the depicted scenes;
  • brilliant bright colours in unprecedented broad palette, unfolding their very own radiance on the black lustre ground.
  • good state of preservation of the cold-applied lacquer colours, in contrast to all other Böttger stoneware objects.

Due to its quality and early date of origin in 1710 as well as its rarity, our Schwartz Porcelain tankard can be attributed to the court lacquerer at the Royal Court of Augustus the Strong, Martin Schnell.

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Picture-gallery

Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
  • Description

    Our ‘Schwartz Porcelain’ tankard stands at the beginning of the Böttger stoneware. It was created in the pioneering year of 1710, when Johann Friedrich Böttger recruited Martin Schnell. This artist provided of the particular skills needed for the flourishing Europe-an lacquer art, adored in the 18th century. So, he could contribute with his experience and knowledge to a new form of art: the Meissen ‘Schwartz Porcelain’.

    The tankard belongs to a small, exclusive group of only four ‘Schwartz Porcelain’ lidded tankards with finely coloured, well-preserved lacquer painting:

    1. The first of these is in the Rijksmuseum (Den Blaauwen cat. no. 50) and comes from the famous Margarethe and Franz Oppenheimer Collection. It was acquired at the legendary So-theby's sale of 14.09.2021 (No. 4) for a sensational price of around USD 250,000.
    2. The second comparable tankard is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (inv. no. 1983.607), ex. Collection Felix Kramarsky.
    3. The third was in the famous porcelain Collection of C. H. Fischer, Dresden, which was auc-tioned in 1918 (Helbing Munich 13-14.5.1918 no. 447 plate 29a). Its whereabouts is un-known.
    4. Our tankard origins of the Collection Robert G. Vater, Frankfurt, ex. Sotheby's 06.12.1955 No. 108.

    These four tankards form a group of their own. Their painting is of outstanding quality and unique within the Schwartz Porcelains in Meissen. It is characterised by the following features: 

    • delicacy of painting in figures, landscapes, architecture and flowers yielding the narrative character of the depicted scenes;
    • brilliant bright colours in unprecedented broad palette, unfolding their very own radiance on the black lustre ground.
    • good state of preservation of the cold-applied lacquer colours, in contrast to all other Böttger stoneware objects.

    Due to its quality and early date of origin in 1710 as well as its rarity, our Schwartz Porcelain tankard can be attributed to the court lacquerer at the Royal Court of Augustus the Strong, Martin Schnell.

    The complete expertise will be available for download soon

  • Picture-gallery
    Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
    Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
    Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
    Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
    Extrem seltener, großer „Schwartz Porcelain“ Deckelkrug
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