DATE CYPHER FOR 1864, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND FURTHER IMPRESSED CYPHERS, SIGNED EDOUARD RISCHGITZ

Name: A PAIR OF MINTON PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASES AND COVERS
Brand: DATE CYPHER FOR 1864, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND FURTHER IMPRESSED CYPHERS, SIGNED EDOUARD RISCHGITZ
Price: 1300.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 1,638

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A PAIR OF MINTON PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASES AND COVERS

DATE CYPHER FOR 1864, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND FURTHER IMPRESSED CYPHERS, SIGNED EDOUARD RISCHGITZ

Price Realised USD 1,638

Based on a variation of the Sèvres model vase console, the ovoid bodies painted to both sides with scenes of peasants and livestock in landscapes within a gilt border and further oeil-de-perdrix ground, with furled acanthus handles and ribbon-tied reeded upper rim, the scole formed of acanthus above a gilt foot painted with white fluting, the domed covers similarly with acanthus and with pinecone finials
19¹⁄₂ in. (49.5 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1991, lot 269.

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Edouard Rischgitz (Hungary 1828-1909) was one of Corot's few pupils. He worked at the Minton factory from 1863-1870 and supervised the factory's work for the Paris 1867 International Exposition. See P. Atterbury and M. Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton, Suffolk, 1990, p. 297.