CIRCA 1754-60, THE CABBAGE AND STAND WITH BLUE PH MARK FOR PAUL-ANTOINE HANNONG

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A STRASBOURG FAIENCE CABBAGE TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
CIRCA 1754-60, THE CABBAGE AND STAND WITH BLUE PH MARK FOR PAUL-ANTOINE HANNONG
Modeled as a cabbage head, with crisp curling leaves, decorated with shades of green, and yellow veining
16 ¼ in. (41.2 cm.) diameter, the stand

Provenance

Acquired from J. Rochelle Thomas, New York, January 1963.

Literature

D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, pp. 33-34, no. 7.

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Lot Essay

When we saw this Strasbourg cabbage tureen and stand at J. Rochelle Thomas in New York in 1963 we thought it so unusual and so beautiful that we could not resist buying it.
D.R.

See the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne for another Strasbourg Paul Hannong cabbage tureen and cover from the collection of Kenneth Reed AM, Sydney.

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