Biedermeier Basin - Earthenware - Bowl
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A large German slipware earthenware basin from the Lower Rhine region, dated 1834 in the Biedermeier style, wheel‑thrown with a deep well and wide everted rim, 40 cm wide by 40 cm deep and 11 cm high, decorated with slips in iron orange, copper green and manganese brown and bearing a devotional inscription, recovered near Titz and structurally restored with consolidated fractures in poor condition.
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A substantial German folk art slipware earthenware basin of generous proportions, wheel-thrown with a deep, curved well and an expansive everted rim. Originating from the Lower Rhine potting tradition and clearly dated 1834, the vessel demonstrates the vibrant visual language of regional domestic ceramics from the Biedermeier period. Over an engobe ground of warm cream tone, the well is decorated in trailed and brushed slips of iron orange, copper green, and manganese brown, depicting a stylized tulip-like blossom flanked by concentric volutes and foliate scrollwork. The cavetto is framed by concentric manganese banding leading toward the wide rim, which bears a continuous devotional vernacular inscription in fluent German cursive, interspersed with scroll flourishes and culminating in the prominent numerals of the date.
Recovered as an excavation find in the Rhineland near Titz, the basin has undergone a sympathetic structural restoration. The body exhibits cleanly consolidated fracture lines running through the rim and cavetto, fully visible to the reverse with areas of stabilized infill. The surface displays typical production-related kiln marks, localized glaze crazing, light abrasions along the edge, and mellow patination consistent with its period of burial and recovery, all while retaining the full legibility of its folk-art iconography and slip decoration.
Provenance:
Acquired in Titz, Germany, thereafter kept in a private collection.
A substantial German folk art slipware earthenware basin of generous proportions, wheel-thrown with a deep, curved well and an expansive everted rim. Originating from the Lower Rhine potting tradition and clearly dated 1834, the vessel demonstrates the vibrant visual language of regional domestic ceramics from the Biedermeier period. Over an engobe ground of warm cream tone, the well is decorated in trailed and brushed slips of iron orange, copper green, and manganese brown, depicting a stylized tulip-like blossom flanked by concentric volutes and foliate scrollwork. The cavetto is framed by concentric manganese banding leading toward the wide rim, which bears a continuous devotional vernacular inscription in fluent German cursive, interspersed with scroll flourishes and culminating in the prominent numerals of the date.
Recovered as an excavation find in the Rhineland near Titz, the basin has undergone a sympathetic structural restoration. The body exhibits cleanly consolidated fracture lines running through the rim and cavetto, fully visible to the reverse with areas of stabilized infill. The surface displays typical production-related kiln marks, localized glaze crazing, light abrasions along the edge, and mellow patination consistent with its period of burial and recovery, all while retaining the full legibility of its folk-art iconography and slip decoration.
Provenance:
Acquired in Titz, Germany, thereafter kept in a private collection.
Details
Era
1400-1900
Weight
2200 g
Style subtype
Biedermeier
Ceramics type
Earthenware
Specific region of origin
Lower Rhenish
Over 200 years old
No
Style
Antique
Title additional information
Bowl
Material
Ceramic
Country of origin
Germany
Condition
Poor - heavily used with major cracks, damages or major parts missing
Height
11 cm
Width
40 cm
Depth
40 cm
Estimated period
1834
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