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Cup with crest and saucer
"Münchhausen"
Lost Art-ID
612344
Artist
Title
Cup with crest and saucer
Additional title
"Münchhausen"
Datierung
1851/1900
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Ceramics (Porcelain) / painted polycrome
Measures
Cup: height with handle 9,7 cm, height without handle 7,3 cm, diameter 8,1 cm; plate: height 2,5 cm, diameter 14,8 cm
Inventory number
KP00650A-B
Description
Porcelain cup with shield and saucer: KP00650A: a slender, tall cup with a very wide inner gold rim. The slender handle, decorated in the upper part, is higher than the cup and gilded on the outside. Opposite, the entire cup surface is covered by the "Münchhausen" coat of arms, in the centre of which, on a golden ground, stands a man (monk?), barefoot and bareheaded, wearing a long brown cloak, holding a red staff on the right and a red cloth bag on the left; above, a visored helmet with a smaller version of the monk as helmet decoration and black and gold helmet covers. On the outside, the cup has a thin gold rim at the top and bottom. Number "63" as an incised mark in the base. KP00650A: The saucer has a very wide gold rim and a three-line dedication on the mirror in black script: "A. v. Münchhausen s/m O. v. Düring"; numeral "63 V" as a press mark in the base.
Provenance
Acquired in 1939 from the art shop Emil Backhaus (1873-1955). Emil Backhaus had been working as an art and antiques dealer in Hanover since 1914 and moved into a residential and commercial building at Königstraße 12 in 1919. As a confidant of the customs investigation office, Backhaus checked Jewish removal goods with regard to cultural property and in some cases purchased goods himself that were excluded from being taken away. According to statements from the post-war period, from 1940 he maintained business relations in the occupied Netherlands, where his daughters moved in 1940, among others to the auction house van Marle & Bignell. From 1945, his business was under trustee administration because of his NSDAP membership.
Literature / Source
Archivquellen: Bomann-Museum Celle, Archiv, Akte Eigenes + fremdes Eigentum, aufbewahrt in Schloß und Museum: Weltkrieg II (mit Verzeichnis der von Emil Backhaus eingelagerten Werke); Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv Hannover (NLA HA), Hann. 210 (OFP Hannover, diverse Vermögens- und Devisenangelegenheiten, darunter Hann. 210, Acc. 2004/023, Nr. 906 und Nr. 1317; Acc. 2004/025, Nr. 187 und Nr. 1152, Nr. 242, Nr. 1086 und 1087, Nr. 3885; NLA HA, Hann. 210 Acc. 2004/024, Nr. 3180 (Landesfinanzamt, Oberpräsident, Vermögensverwertungs- und Devisenstelle, Genehmigungsangelegenheiten); NLA HA, Nds. 171, Hann. Nr. 20034 (Entnazifizierungsverfahren); NLA HA, Nds. 210 Nr. 904/2 (Vermögenskontrollen Stadtkreis Hannover, 1947–1949); NLA HA, Nds. 401, Acc. 2015/69, Nr. 29; Nds. 110 W Acc. 14/99, Nr. 105654; Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv Wolfenbüttel (NLA Wf), 58 Nds. Fb.3 Zg. 62/1985, Teil 2, Nr. 23/032; Stadtarchiv Hannover, Einwohnermelde- und Gewerbekartei; Rechtsamt, Nr. 32, 45, 75; AAA Nr. 2392; HR 10 Nr. 1429; Stadtarchiv Celle, 29/III Nr. 89. Literatur: Galler, Christopher M.: Der Kunsthandel in Hannover. Bezugsquelle für die Sammlung des Bomann-Museums, in: Christopher M. Galler, Jochen Meiners (Hgg.): Regionaler Kunsthandel. Eine Herausforderung für die Provenienzforschung?! Celle 2022, S. 26–88; Externer Link
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