18th century

Grey, salt-glazed stoneware with incised, model and stamped decoration, cobalt blue painting and dotted decoration. H 21 to 22 cm.

Cylinder jugs with tapered ear handles. 1x matrix decoration with animals and monogram IPB, 1x stylized stag flanked by birds, 1x large diamond medallion with applied pearl bands and leaf ornaments. Each with engraved pewter lid and ball pusher, each hallmarked on the inside. Signs of age and wear, each cracked and slightly bumped.

The Westerwald stoneware offered in this auction was collected by Albrecht von der Gabelentz (1873-1933), chamberlain at the ducal court in Altenburg. He was appointed director of the Lindenau Museum in 1912. After the duke abdicated in 1918, Albrecht von der Gabelentz also took over the management of the palace museum on a voluntary basis. The collection was continued by his son Georg (1906-1954).

Provenance : From Thuringian aristocratic property. Restitution property with inventory number of the Altenburg Residential Palace, formerly part of the von der Gabelentz family collection at Poschwitz Castle.