Found-Object Report | Object report
Small teapot
Lost Art-ID
598170
Artist / Creator
Title
Small teapot
Dating
17001/1800
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Ceramics ; Glaze (Faience) ; Underglaze colour / Inglaze painting
Height
8.00 cm
Width
11.60 cm
Description
Small teapot, broad shoulder, flat lid, ear handles with small volute at the bottom; light blue glaze, inglaze painting in blue: blossoms and pinnate leaves, dotted ornaments and short lines; lines running around the bottom, four-part border with blossoms and spiral ornaments at the top, spout broken off; (untypical jug shape), mark BP; traces of burning.
Provenance
This object was part of the collection of Alfred JOSEPH. In 1939, the director of the Mainfränkisches Museum, Clemens Schenk (director 1926-1945), acting on behalf of the Foreign Exchange Office in Würzburg, arranged for the confiscation of a Dutch Baroque cabinet, a Dutch still life, six prints and a total of 19 faiences from Joseph's possession. Among them was this little jug. Schenk had the objects deposited in the museum in a room specially set up for confiscations by the foreign exchange office. On 16 March 1945, the museum building was completely destroyed. According to Max H. v. Freeden (assistant in 1938, curator in 1939, director at the Mainfränkisches Museum from 1949 to 1978), only one object from the Joseph Collection was saved from the rubble of the former museum building, albeit damaged, namely the "Bayreuth, Teekännchen Marke BP".
Literature / Source
StAWü WB IV 1472; StAWü WB IV a 384 I
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Contact
Museum für Franken
Staatliches Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte in Würzburg
Festung Marienberg
97082 Würzburg
Germany
Phone
0931-205 94-16
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