17th century Salzburg Faience
Plate with Horsemen Workshop Thomas Obermillner ca. 1675
The blue curved and shaded band is a characteristic of Thomas Obermillner’s workshop. The dark waves are outlined with a lighter-coloured band. This divides the surface into several pictorial fields, which are decorated with different motifs mostly hunting decoration but as well other topics.The wave band decorated faience of the Obermillner workshop is unique and very recognizable. No other known European ceramics have the blue band as a decoration characteristic. The plates of the Obermillner workshop are artistically...
