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A rare Fürstenberg pear-shaped coffee pot and cover, circa 1765
Footnotes
Provenance:
E.A. Titgemeyer Collection, Osnabrück
Literature:
Siegfried Ducret, Fürstenberger Porzellan (1965), II, ill. 43
Exhibited:
Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, Fürstenberg-Porzellan: Tradition und Gegenwart, 27 September-25 October 1970, cat. no. 49a
The figures on this coffee pot are based upon three different engravings by J.B. Le Prince: 'Paysenne ou femme du Commun' and 'Servante en Habit d'Hiver' from the series 'Divers habillemens des femmes de Moscovie' of 1764; and 'femme marié et ses enfants' from the series 'Suite de Divers Habillemens des Peuples du Nord, dessinés d'aprés Nature' of 1765, published by Ducret (see above Literature), ills. 44-46.
