Objekt 1
Solitaire with trompe l'oeil painting
Description
A solitaire is a breakfast service for one person. It consists of a tray, cup, saucer, chocolate pot, milk jug and sugar bowl. The eye-deceptive still life painting (trompe-l'œil) shows in each case a wood grain background with a graphic leaf (with nails and a fly!).
Object description
Niderviller, period Custine, dated 1772
Painter: Joseph Deutsch (signature on the "graphic sheet" of the tray)
Faience with onglaze painting
Inv. 1973.77.a - e. Gift of the Association for the Basel Historical Museum.