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<\/a><\/a>The workshop of the Nuremberg potter Paul Preuning is associated with one of the most fascinating genres of early German ceramics: the polychrome, lead-glazed, relief-decorated hafnerware (earthenware) of the Renaissance. Lead-glazed earthenware Circa 1560 Workshop of Paul Preuning, Nuremberg. The workshop of Paul Preuning was located outside of Nuremberg and emerged in the 1540s. The golden Age of Nurmeberg as an artistic center of the German Renaissance. The techniques used developed out of the Hafnerware tradition of pottery stove tiles. Preuning\u2019s objecst are characterized by bright glazes, relief moulds, and geometric banded designs. The production lasted for around fifty years and were made largely for a local market. Unlike stoneware they were not widely exported and do not survive in large numbers. Metropolitan Museum New York<\/strong><\/a> https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/201753<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Victoria and Albert Museum, London<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hafnerware Jug workshop of Paul Preuning of Nuremberg about 1545-55.
This is a group of objecs of which no more than around 50 have survived till our times, almost all of which are jugs. These vessels are divided into segments and divisions by white-glazed circular bands, usually applied horizontally or in arcs or spirals, which emphasise the object`s structure, organise the decoration and also represent a distinctive decorative element. Reliefs made with the help of moulds are applied to the resulting areas: figural, floral and architectural motifs. Most of the moulds came in different sizes.
The polychrome lead glaze in conjunction with the sculptural decoration ad to the unique character of the hafnerware objects of the Preuning workshop. Green, blue, yellow and manganese brown predominate in the surfaces; white accentuates the decorative overlays. Only a few jugs have no horizontal divisions. Here, the white circular bands frame the relief overlays in an arc. Large jugs without any divisions are rare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/a>
Oviform body with a twisted handle, decorated in moulded relief across three bands, divided by white tin-glazed cables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Various influences can be assumed for the creation of this pottery. The starting point was certainly Austrian and southern German kiln tiles, which had already highly developed the decoration with reliefs by the end of the 15th century. The same applies to the use of coloured lead glazes, which brought a vibrant colourfulness to decoration of the ceramics.<\/p>\n\n\n\nReference Objects Collection Peter Vogt<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Jug with portraits of Emperor Charles V (1500\u20131558) and Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous (1503\u20131554), elector of Saxony
Workshop of Paul Preuning Nuremberg Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>
It is typical of the brightly-coloured lead-glazed wares decorated with applied moulded relief decoration which were produced at Preuning’s pottery outside the Tiergarten Gate of Nuremberg from the mid-1540s for at most fifty years.
The distinctive style of Preuning’s pots derives from the traditional local manufacture of stove tiles. Bright polychrome glazes were introduced from about 1500 and in the 16th century were added relief mouldings after engraved designs and niches containing modelled figures. https:\/\/collections.vam.ac.uk\/item\/O117410\/jug-preuning-paul\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nRelated Articles:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n