Consisting of 4 trees, 4 putti, 1 pair parkland vases with small lemon trees, 1 small vase on base, 8 Rococo couples and 2 gentlemen, porcelain, polychrome and partly gilt figural group, in very good condition, Nymphenburg Manufactory, German, impressed lozenge shield, produced between 1900 and 1975. The entire Garden Dessert will be sold as 1 lot (Ru)

Lit.: Weltkunst, no. 91, September 2014,
p. 60, ill. A courtly garden dessert with Nymphenburg figures circa 1755/65 from the Bavarian National Museum,
p. 57, Sammler Seminar No. 11, ‘Deutsche Porzellanfiguren’, pp. 58-61; A. Ziffer, Die Welt unter Glasur,
pp. 62-63; ‘Die Bestenliste’ pp. 64-65, Glossary

1
trees, 4 items, height 32.5 cm,
Nymphenburg, green word mark and impressed lozenge shield circa 1975, model no. 6 (Ru)

2
putti as Ovidian gods, 4 items parkland figures: putto as Ceres, putto as Diana, putto running swiftly, putto as Mercury, standing on bases decorated with the Bavarian coat-of-arms, height 16.5–17.5 cm, Nymphenburg, impressed lozenge shield circa 1900 and 1960, model nos 265,3, 257a,3, 95a,0, 636a,3, model by F. A. Bustelli and D. Auliczek circa 1760 (Ru)

3-4
pairs of parkland vases with small lemon trees, white buds and flowers, base with the Bavarian coat-of-arms, 1 small vase on a base with purple rims and strewn flowers, height 8 cm, 20.5 cm, 20.5 cm, slightly chipped, Nymphenburg, green word mark and impressed lozenge shield circa 1975, model no. 284,10, purple painter’s mark B. H. (Ru)

5
lady with light purple manteau and white crinoline, holding a fan in her right hand, a gentleman with crimson surcoat and hose leaning on a pedestal, height 17.5 cm, 18.3 cm, Nymphenburg, impressed lozenge shield circa 1900, model no. 7/II, 10,0, I (Ru)

6
lady with white manteau and light purple crinoline, holding a fan in her right hand, a gentleman with a crimson surcoat and hose leaning on a pedestal, height 18 cm, 17 cm, Nymphenburg, impressed lozenge shield circa 1900, model nos 7/2, 10,3, painter no. 44 circa 1960 (Ru)

7
lady with white manteau with yellow ruches, holding a fan in her left hand, a gentleman with a Sèvres blue surcoat holding a tricorn under his left arm, height 17 cm, 19 cm, Nymphenburg, impressed lozenge shield circa 1900, model nos 197,7, 3, II,5 (Ru) 

8
2 gentlemen with green surcoats holding roses in their right hands and tricorns under their left arms, height 19 cm, Nymphenburg, impressed lozenge shield circa 1900, model nos 3/II, 3,7 (Ru)

9
lady with green manteau and green bows, holding a closed fan in her left hand, a gentleman with white surcoat holding a rose in his right hand and tricorn under his left arm, height 18.5 cm, 19 cm, Nymphenburg, impressed lozenge shield circa 1900, model nos 8,0, 3,0 (Ru)

10
lady with light purple manteau and green bows, holding a closed fan in her left hand, a gentleman with a moss green surcoat holding a lemon in his right hand and gloves in his left hand, height 19 cm, 19.5 cm, Nymphenburg, impressed lozenge shield circa 1900, model nos 8,0, 3/II,11 (Ru)

11
a couple, a lady with green manteau and dark purple bows, the gentleman with crimson surcoat holding a tricorn under his left arm, leading her by the hand, height 18 cm, length 18 cm, Nymphenburg, impressed lozenge shield circa 1900, model nos 12/2,3 (Ru)

12
a couple, a lady with a white manteau and blue bows, a gentleman with a taupe surcoat holding a tricorn under his left arm, leading her by the hand, height 18 cm, length 17.5 cm, Nymphenburg, impressed lozenge shield, model nos 12, II,7 (Ru)

13
lady with white dress, holding a fan in her right hand, a gentleman with a blue surcoat, a rose in his right hand, height 18 cm, 18.3 cm, slight restoration to the left index finger of the gentleman, Nymphenburg, impressed lozenge shield circa 1900, model nos 195,3, 196,3 (Ru)

Franz Anton Bustelli was not the first modelling master at the Bavarian Porcelain Manufactory. The Viennese artist, Johann Ponhauser, modeller and enamel painter began his career as a former on 25 February 1754 in Nymphenburg-Neudeck, becoming the modelling master in May 1754, he left the Manufactory, however, in May 1755, having worked for seven months with Bustelli. Presumably Bustelli’s excellent artistic qualities made his collaboration redundant. The Garden Dessert in the form of a miniature Rococo pleasure garden, was designed in part by Ponhauser and brought together. It was one of the most important commissions for the Munich court, made on the occasion of the proxy marriage of the Bavarian Princess Maria Anna Josepha Augusta, the sister of Prince Elector Max Joseph, to Margrave Ludwig Georg of Baden on 10 July 1755. It is for this reason that both artists’ styles are evident in the early figures produced by the Manufactory.

Lit.: Katharina Hantschmann in Bustelli, Nymphenburger Porzellanfiguren des Rococo, Das Gesamtwerk, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich 2004, p. 98 ff; ill. ff; Alfred Ziffer, p. 120 ff, ill. p. 126 ff; Alfred Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan, Sammlung Bäuml, Stuttgart 1997, pp. 21, 23 ff, ill. p. 24 ff; Rosel Termolen, Nymphenburger Porzellan, Rosenheim 1986, p. 9ff, ill. p. 10; Die Figuren des F. A. Bustelli, Nymphenburg, Staatliche Porzellan Manufaktur, Munich 1999, Japanese catalogue, p. 17 ff, ill. pp. 18–21, 32–35; W. Mrazek, W. Neuwirth, Wiener Porzellan 1718–1864, MAK Wien 1970, p. 45 Johann Ponhauser;

lit.: Franz Anton Bustelli, Nymphenburger Porzellanfiguren des Rococo. Das Gesamtwerk, ed. Renate Eikelmann. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Munich, edited by Katharina Hantschmann and Alfred Ziffer with essays by Utta Bach and Peter Volk, Lorenz Seelig, exh. cat. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich 2004–2005, Verlag C. H. Beck 2005;