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Bowl

Artist
Locality
Central Franconia
Date
mid-19th century
Material
Earthenware, glazed
Dimensions
D. 39 cm
Location
Gallery 110
Inventory Number
57/158
Acquisition
Acquired from private ownership in 1957
Categories
Ceramics

Description

The vessel is typical of the regional style of a bowl used for serving sauerkraut, but there is much more to it than that. The figurative painting on the base of the bowl shows a potter smoking his pipe while turning a vessel on his potter's wheel. The motif was probably inspired by a contemporary print. Depictions of professions were printed in large numbers from the 16th century onwards and were also very popular with craftsmen. They used the images to represent themselves in a figurative sense. The sauerkraut bowl was probably not made as a commissioned work for a customer, but as a showpiece for the master potter.

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