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Biography
Sabina Aufenwerth (1706-1782), was a German potter. She was one of the first named women in Europe working alongside male counterpart within pottery design and decoration. However before the 19th century, many women were under-acknowledged for their contribution to pottery and therefore a lot of her work is unknown and unacknowledged.
Life
Sabina Auffenwerth was the daughter of a gold smith named Johann Auffenwerth in Augsburg. She worked alongside her sister Anna Elisabeth Auffenwerth in Augsburg in the business of her father, where they gained skills working with metals such as gold and silver. They produced chinoiserie silhouette designs for the Meissen porcelain factory from 1720 to 1760.
They mainly designed objects such as cups, tea pots, saucers and plates which were described as 'imaginatively conceived family scenes in indoor settings, comedies and musicians after Watteau, cavaliers and their ladies, hunting and battle scenes, portraitists and finally, mythological and allegorical themes'.
Sabina Auffenwerth married an engraver and publisher, Issak Heinrich Hosennestel, in 1731 and continued to work for Meissen.