Fürstenberg
(Germany circa 1750– )
- Title
- Tea canister and cover
- Year
- circa 1760-1765
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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canister 10.3 x 7.0 x 4.6 cm; cover 2.3 x 3.3 cm diam; combined height 12.4 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.141.a-b
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
The landscapes are probably by Pascha Johann Friedrich Weitsch (1723–1803). Formerly a soldier, Weitsch taught himself to paint and joined the Fürstenberg factory in 1757, remaining until 1778. His landscapes are based on studies made in the Brunswick countryside.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 83 (colour illus.). cat.no. 97
