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INTRODUCTION.
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he collection of the late Baron Albert von Oppen-
heim (born in Cologne, November 13th. 1834,
died June 23 rd. 1912) contains a rieh series of
rare and valuable stained glass and sculptures.
The old established renown and universally ac-
knowledged importance of the collection is however
based chiefly upon the wonderful examples of
ä ceramic art, among which the superb speeimens
of Rhenish stoneware art are pre-eminent. More than half a Century has
passed, since the time when Baron Albert von Oppenheim began the
building up of his celebrated ceramic collection, upon which he bestowed,
next to his gallery of paintings, his main interest and his greatest zeal
in collecting.
The first third of the nineteenth Century saw a revival of the
appreciation of the quaint-stoneware jugs from the Renaissance period,
which had been forgotten for a long time. The first collectors of Siegburg,
Raeren and Westerwald-ware, were lovers of art in the Netherlands,
where in old times most of the produets of the Rhenish potteries were
sold and where numerous and excellent examples were still to be found.
One of the first notable collections of Rhenish stoneware, originates from
this time, viz: the collection of Joan d'Huyvetter, which, published as
early as 1829 in reproduetions, was afterwards sold and was destined
to form the nucleus of the very remarkable collections in the Museum
of Brüssels, and in that of South Kensington. This collection was
followed by those of Weckherlin in the Hague, Renesse and Ch. Minard
van Horebeke in Ghent, which have been dispersed later by important
sales. More than one remarkable object from these collections passed
into that of Baron von Oppenheim.
In those early days of collecting little or nothing was known about
the real origin of pottery or the master potters to whose skill the
Renaissance jugs were due. The potteries of Siegburg, Cologne, Frechen
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mm
he collection of the late Baron Albert von Oppen-
heim (born in Cologne, November 13th. 1834,
died June 23 rd. 1912) contains a rieh series of
rare and valuable stained glass and sculptures.
The old established renown and universally ac-
knowledged importance of the collection is however
based chiefly upon the wonderful examples of
ä ceramic art, among which the superb speeimens
of Rhenish stoneware art are pre-eminent. More than half a Century has
passed, since the time when Baron Albert von Oppenheim began the
building up of his celebrated ceramic collection, upon which he bestowed,
next to his gallery of paintings, his main interest and his greatest zeal
in collecting.
The first third of the nineteenth Century saw a revival of the
appreciation of the quaint-stoneware jugs from the Renaissance period,
which had been forgotten for a long time. The first collectors of Siegburg,
Raeren and Westerwald-ware, were lovers of art in the Netherlands,
where in old times most of the produets of the Rhenish potteries were
sold and where numerous and excellent examples were still to be found.
One of the first notable collections of Rhenish stoneware, originates from
this time, viz: the collection of Joan d'Huyvetter, which, published as
early as 1829 in reproduetions, was afterwards sold and was destined
to form the nucleus of the very remarkable collections in the Museum
of Brüssels, and in that of South Kensington. This collection was
followed by those of Weckherlin in the Hague, Renesse and Ch. Minard
van Horebeke in Ghent, which have been dispersed later by important
sales. More than one remarkable object from these collections passed
into that of Baron von Oppenheim.
In those early days of collecting little or nothing was known about
the real origin of pottery or the master potters to whose skill the
Renaissance jugs were due. The potteries of Siegburg, Cologne, Frechen
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