Cup with crest and saucer
Porcelain cup with shield and saucer: Cup KP00651A: conical form with wide-opening mouth; rimmed over-handle in the shape of ears, section above the rim curled like a volute; standing ring indicated on the wall by a bead; rim lip, mouth area inside, outside handle and bead on the base gilded; on the side opposite the handle depiction of a red shield with three grey signal horns, above it a visored helmet with a grey billy goat pointing to the left as helmet decoration and grey and red helmet covers; numeral "63. " as an incised mark in the base. Saucer KP00651B: foot rim bulge-like; wall merging into flag without discernible shoulder; horizontal lip of rim with broad gold band; on the mirror five-line dedication "L. v. Gaudecker / s/m / O. v. Düring / 18 A. 49th / no! (?)"; number "63." as a press mark in the bottom.
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.
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
Bomann-Museum Celle
Schlossplatz 7
29221 Celle
Germany