House & Garden 
IN A BED ROOM IN THE CHEVALIER^ ROOM 
STOVES IN THE ROYAL CASTLE AT NUREMBERG 
At his death, the man who brought renown 
to his birthplace more truly than any other 
of its citizens, was refused burial in conse¬ 
crated ground, and his body was laid to rest 
outside the village limits. His greatest 
claim to renown, however, is not his stoves, 
famous though they be, but the tomb erected 
in 1536 to the memory of Wolfgang de 
Musmunster, a commander of the order of 
the Knights of St. John. This monument 
stood in the church of the order in Villigen, 
but unfortunately this fine piece of work 
has been entirely destroyed. 
H ans Seltzmann, of Oberdorf, and Adam 
Vogt, of Augsburg, and a number of other 
contemporary artists followed the craft of 
making porcelain stoves with equal success, 
the monogram or private mark on the stove 
being the only means of assigning it to the 
proper artist. The German potters carried 
the art into Switzerland as well as the coun¬ 
tries we have mentioned. Here three distinct 
styles of the stove are found.—The first was 
purely architectural, the form being usually 
round, and the color of the tiles a uniform 
green. The second style was generally the 
same as above in form and color, but the 
tiles were in high relief, with strong figure 
decorations. The third style gave the stove 
wholly into the hands of the painter, the 
plastic element was pushed into the back¬ 
ground, and the richest, most varied surface 
color took its place. The most prominent 
figures among the Swiss craftsmen were the 
Pfau Family of the little town of Winter¬ 
thur. Many specimens of their work are 
still to be found in the various inns of the 
town. Two splendid examples may be seen 
in the Gemeindehaus zu Nafels marked, 
‘‘Heinrich Pfau, Haffner (potter) in Win- 
terhur.” The inn “Zum Lorbeerbaum ” 
(laurel-tree) has a fine stove marked with a 
monogram “ D. P.”; most probably David 
of the same family. The early masters of 
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