The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern PeriodsChaffers, William
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The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods
Chaffers, William
Pottery
Fig. 92, a jug of reticulated pattern, is engine-turned, and enriched
with brilliant enamel colours, 18th century.
[Illustration: FIG. 93.--FOUNTAIN.]
Fig. 93, a large fountain, is purple blue and white, 16th century;
height 30 in.
KREUSSEN, a town of Bavaria, has long been noted for its pottery. The
_grès_ of the 17th century, called _Kreussener Steingut_, is of a dark
brown colour, in the forms of cylindrical mugs, tankards, &c., with
figures in relief round them, painted in bright coloured enamel.
[Illustration: FIG. 94.--TANKARD.]
Fig. 94, a tankard, has a chocolate-coloured ground, with coloured
enamel ornaments and figures of the Emperor and the Electors of Germany
on horseback, dated 1696.
BUNZLAU, in Silesia. _Grès_ was made here in the 16th and 17th
centuries. The products of the 18th century are distinguished by
ornaments in relief, flowers, coats of arms, &c., sometimes gilt. At the
present time an extensive trade is still carried on in the manufacture
of chocolate and coffee pots, usually covered with a brown glaze, and
lined with white. There is preserved a monster coffee-pot, 15 feet high,
made at this place in the 18th century.
HARBURG, on the Elbe, opposite Hamburg, is noted as the residence of
Johann Schaper, who was born towards the end of the 16th century. His
exquisite paintings of landscapes and figures are usually in Indian ink
or sepia _en grisaille_, the colours being fixed by heat.
[Illustration: FIG. 95.--CRUCHE.]
Fig. 95, a cruche of fine fayence, painted with a landscape in grey
_camaïeu_, is signed "_Joh. Schaper_"; it has a white ground with
flowers and fruit in natural colours; date about 1640; height 8-1/2 in.
SCHERZHEIM, in Würtemberg. The Wintergursts, father and son, were
celebrated potters here, and made fayence from the beginning of the 17th
century; it is from their manufactory that the table services, of which
each piece represents an animal or a vegetable, were made.
LAUENSTEIN, near Coblenz. A manufactory was established in 1760; the
_grès_ or stoneware made here was of grey and blue, ornamented with
incuse patterns; it was made in large quantities, and carried by the
Rhine boats to the markets in Holland, where it met with a ready sale.
HÖCHST, near Mainz. Enamelled fayence was made here in the beginning of
the 18th century, at a factory founded by Gelz of Frankfort. The
manufactory ceased in 1794, but a potter named Dahl established one in
the vicinity. He made statuettes and other ornaments.
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