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880 - Kurmainzische Manufaktur Höchst
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Kurmainzische Manufaktur Höchst A figural two-flame Höchst porcelain candelabra Depicting a shepherd couple standing side by side on a rocaille base adorned with foliage and highlighted in purple and gold, each holding the twisted rocaille stem of a candlestick with their outer hand. At their feet, a sheep, a goat and a dog. Hollow, glazed base with a central firing support, incised IH. The candle sockets and drip pans restored/retouched; minor repairs to the leaves and branches; restored rim chip to the brim of her hat. Height 26.5 cm. Kurmainzische Manufaktur Höchst, c. 1753, model by Simon Feilner. Literature Cf. Röder/Oppenheim, Das Höchster Porzellan auf der Jahrtausend-Ausstellung in Mainz 1925, Mainz 1930, cat. no. 170, p. 40, “Leuchter mit Schäferpaar”, from the Adolf Beckhardt Collection, Frankfurt. The example from the Pauls Riehen Collection in Meister (ed.), Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, vol. II, Meissen Höchst Frankenthal Ludwigsburg, Frankfurt 1967, pp. 40 f. Another example sold at Lempertz, Cologne, auction 1230, on 17 November 2023, lot 1408. See also Stahl/Ohlig, Höchster Porzellan 1746–1796, Frankfurt 1994, cat. no. 5.4.2, p. 171, an example from the collection of the Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, with comparative examples also in the collections of the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne, and the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin.
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