PORCELAIN TEAPOT WITH ACANTHUS RELIEF AND "HAUSMALER" DECOR
Meissen. Ca. 1720. Painting decor in the style of the Auffenwerth workshop

Porcelain; enriched in colours and gold. Along the rims of the bulbous body with pipe nozzle fine; applied acanthus frieze. On the sides opposed cartouches with two-part motto: "zorn ohne macht" / "wird leicht veracht". Underneath in purple camaieu illustrations of the aphorism: One cartouche shows a snarling dog; leashed to a tree and therefore unable to catch the rabbits jumping around him. The other cartouche shows a weak lion laying on the ground; surrounded by rabbits; one even sitting on his back. Under the nozzle base mirror monogram; presumably 'GJS' in ligature. Height 12cm.
Without recognisable marks. Condition B/C.

Provenance:
Westphalian private collection.

Literature:
Pietsch; Ulrich: Passion for Meissen - Sammlung Said und Roswita Marouf; Stuttgart 2010.
For a comparable cartouche design see p.159; no.63.Art trade; Van Ham.