Signed with ‘gerv’ and ‘L.V.S.’
Painted after the woodcut ‘Aprilis’ from the series of months by Johann Esaias Nilson
17,9 cm high; blue Wheel mark, overpainted with crossed mill-sails and ‘gerv’ in purple enamel
Provenance: Elfriede Langeloh; Coll. Beckhardt, Frankfurt und New York; Coll. Ilse Bischoff; Sotheby’s New York 24.02.1978; Impulse I p. 175 no. 113; Coll. Dr. Huber Kalender
Our milk pot is part of one of the most famous porcelain service of the Höchst manufactory. It is painted and signed by the great Louis Victor Gerverot (1747-1829) – ‘Arkanist’, painter, molder and later also manufacturer manager – who worked in no fewer than 19 European manufactories. The milk pot was owned by our founder Elfriede Langeloh, who discovered it in the 1920s between 1926–29.
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