Co-Founder of the Family Dynasty
of Karlsbad Glass Cutters
Pfeiffer, Josef Anton (1807 Karlsbad c. 1870). Female hound with six puppies in a strawlaid shed. On the right low wooden water trough. Body color heigthened with white with partial white glazing. On the back inscribed in ink by own hand: J. Anton Pfeiffer / 1825. 40 x 55 cm.
Th.-B. XXVI, 527. – Early work by Josef Anton, who together with his elder brother Anton Heinrich represents the start of the family dynasty of Karlsbad glass cutters. See hereto also Pazaurek, Gläser der Empire und Biedermeierzeit, Leipsic 1923. – Lower right in pencil by different hand: Ant. Pfeiffer 1825. – Above with narrow paper margin, else trimmed at, partly just inside the borderline. At the right edge at three places traces of former mounting extending up to 5 mm into the subject.
Offer no. 15,677 / price on application
„ Ihre Schriften der (ridinger handlung niemeyer) Nr. 25 ist ein wundervolles Kompendium. Ich danke Ihnen diesmal besonders für die Sendung und bin sehr froh, die Zusammenstellung zu haben … “
(Herr G. K., 25. Dezember 2011)