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Fine 19th Century Vienna-Style Porcelain Vase 'Search for Love' by Pirkenhammer
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A Very Fine and Impressive Bohemian 19th Century Vienna-Style Neoclassical Revival Style Pirkenhammer Porcelain Vase - Urn. The ovoid shaped finely painted all around body with allegorical scenes representing 'The Search for Love', with one side depicting a pensive maiden seated on a rock form by the seashore, the opposite side depicting a maiden, also seated by the seashore, being visited by a love-cupid (cherub or angel), flanked by a pair of finely detailed double-headed snake-form 24 carat gilt handles centered with mask terminals, raised on an attached circular gilt, cream and blue Celeste decorated plinth. Stamped with an underglaze black printed crossed hammers mark and further mark "O.P.C.N. / RAD" to the underside. The associated and later domed cobalt-blue, cream and gilt decorated porcelain cover-lid with a cream and gilt bud finial, not original to the vase. Signed "Al Eckardt". Circa: Bohemia, 1890-1894.
The porcelain painter A. Louis Eckardt is mentioned by Waltraud Neuwirth, Porzellanmaler-Lexicon (1977), Vol. I, p.251 as working from the Prager Strasse in Dresden in 1894. The Bohemian Pirkenhammer factory was founded in 1803, and in the second half of the 19th century the factory was exporting to Vienna and London. The Prikenhammer marks on these vases show they were made after 1887, and it is therefore likely this vase can be dated between the time of the introduction of the mark for this Bohemian factory, and the time Eckhardt returned to Dresden in 1894. Eckhardt is also recorded as a painter of Berlin plaques. The Pirkenhammer porcelain factory was established in 1802 in Karlovy Vary using the tradename Pirkenhammer and the symbol of crossed hammers. It rapidly developed a good reputation and by the 1820s was considered the best producer of porcelain in Bohemia (an area that is now part of the Czech Republic). In 1835, with the gilding of ceramics now deemed to be safe, Pirkenhammer became renowned worldwide for producing gilded porcelain. In 1868 the artist Andre Carriere became the chief designer and the firm provided a studio for him in Paris in 1874.
Height: 31 inches (78.8 cm)
Width: 17 inches (43.2 cm)
Depth: 12 inches (30.5 cm)
- Creator:Pirkenhammer (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 17 in (43.18 cm)Depth: 12 in (30.48 cm)
- Style:Neoclassical Revival (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa: Bohemia, 1890-1894
- Condition:Additions or alterations made to the original: The porcelain cover-lid with a cream and gilt bud finial not original to the vase. Repaired: A very minimal rim gilt restoration to the lower part of vase, very hard to see. Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor fading. A truly stunning and very finely painted and decorated vase/urn. Overall condition is great, minor gilt restoration to the lower part of vase, very hard to see. A truly beautiful vase! Please view all images.
- Seller Location:Los Angeles, CA
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