A RAEREN GREY SALTGLAZE STONEWARE PORTRAIT JUG
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A RAEREN GREY SALTGLAZE STONEWARE PORTRAIT JUG

CIRCA 1600, POSSIBLY MENNICKEN WORKSHOP

Closed29 November 2011

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A RAEREN GREY SALTGLAZE STONEWARE PORTRAIT JUG
CIRCA 1600, POSSIBLY MENNICKEN WORKSHOP
The cylindrical central section moulded with three portrait roundels within strapwork borders on a ground of incised trailing vine enriched in cobalt blue, the upper and lower parts with gadroons and foliage, the cylindrical neck and spout with moulded grotesque mask (slight chip to shoulder, chip to rim of spout)
12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) high

With Frieder Aichele, Stuttgart, no. 209.

Specialist note

See David Gaimster, German Stoneware 1200-1900, London, 1997, pp. 247-248, no. 101 for a costrel with the same type of incised decoration.