Ignaz Preissler

Plate with putto as Neptune. Ignaz Preissler (attributed), probably Breslau. Probably around 1725. Ignaz Preissler1676 Friedrichswald - 1741 Kronstadt Porcelain, glazed, painted in Schwarzlot. Rounded form, double stand ring. On the underside in the body under the glaze an incised "2" or "IV". The mirror with a putto depicted as Neptune, the flag with surrounding grotesque foliage ornament and bird depictions, so-called "Preußler rim". Unmarked. One of three known plates with the same motif on different shards. Cf. a plate with the same motif from the collection of Dr. W. von Dallwitz (presumably Wolfgang Johann Sigismund von Dallwitz-Torno, 1863-1928) in: Pazaurek, Gustav E.: Deutsche Fayence und Hausmaler, vol. 1, Leipzig 1925, no. 200 with illustration, no dimensions given. The collection of Dallwitz was purchased by the Märkisches Museum Berlin in 1917/18. Cf. two motif-like bowls with mythological sea scenes on Chinese porcelain: Brozková, Helena: Daniel a Ignác Preisslerové. Barokni maliri skla a porcelánu, no. 83 and no. 84. Cf. lot 462 "Große Platte Meissen", Antiquitäten Metz, Heidelberg, auction of 24.10.2020. Motif-identical black lot painting on a body of the porcelain manufactory Meissen . D. 28 cm. Lit.: Brozková, Helena: Daniel a Ignác Preisslerové. Barokni maliri skla a porcelánu, Prague 2009, p. 198 f. Cassidy-Geiger, Maureen: A Tea Service and Garniture by the Schwarzlot Decorator Ignaz Preissler. In: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1989. Metropolitan Museum Journal 24, pp. 239-256. Pazaurek, Gustav E.: Deutsche Fayence und Hausmaler, vol. 1, Leipzig 1925, pp. 209-235. Restored chip o.li . (ca. 12 cm), with slightly opened joint at the rim of the plate. Ornamental and cloud painting unprofessionally restored at the same place. Painting partially rubbed and with dull areas as well as with tiny scratch marks. Inner stand ring with chip. Dimensions: D. 25 cm. Ignaz Preissler 1676 Friedrichswald - 1741 Kronstadt Ignaz Preissler received his first artistic instruction from his father, a glass and porcelain painter, who from 1680 ran his own workshop for the landowner Franz Karl Liebsteinsky von Kolowrat.Probably he continued his education in Nuremberg. 1715-20 to Breslau, from 1729 employed by Kolowrat. As a glass and porcelain painter Ignanz Preissler specialized in black lot painting in the baroque style.