Faience Plaque Kuenersberg ca. 1760

24 Februar 2025

European Ceramics

Fayence

Museum

Rare Künersberg faience picture plate ca. 1760
Künersberger Fayence Bildplatte um 1760

Painted on Kuenersberg „blank“ ware by a HAUSMALER in Augsburg in muffle-fired enamel colours

Kuenersberg Faience Plaque ca. 1760, polychrome decoration, B. 16 cm

Museum Presentation:

One of the objects has been part of a private loan at the Stadmuseum Memmingen

Municipal Museum Memmingen:
In 1745, the Memmingen banquier Jakob von Küner established the „product name“ Künersberger Fayence. It represents exceptional workmanship and beauty of form as well as exquisite ceramics. Künersberg faience is a centerpiece of the city museum’s collection with over 250 objects.

The Memmingen born citizen Jakob von Küner, who was successful in business in Vienna, established these porcelain-like ceramics at a high professional, technical and artistic level.

Museum Reference Metropolitan Museum New York

Interesting reference object in the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Department of the Metropolitan Museum New York it depicts the faience manufactury of Künersberg.

Reference Object Collection Peter Vogt

*Rare Baroque Künersberg faience plate circa 1750. A very special 18 century museum piece painted by a HAUSMALER in Augsburg in brightly polychrome muffle-fired enamel colours.*

Literature:

Muffelbrand und scharfes Feuer 250 Jahre Künersberger Fayencen

/ https://www.konrad-verlag.de/programm/titel/299-muffelbrand-und-scharfes-feuer.html
Hans W. Bayer (Hg.) 1995 252 Seiten, 21 x 20 cm, 42 Abbildungen und 160 Tafeln in Farbe

Fröschner, Stephanie. Künersberger Fayencen: die Geschichte der Manufaktur; Untersuchungen der Scharffeuerdekore und der Muffeldekore. Fröschner Bonn, 1992.

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