A RAEREN PEWTER-MOUNTED DATED ARMORIAL STONEWARE JUG
Lot 208

A RAEREN PEWTER-MOUNTED DATED ARMORIAL STONEWARE JUG

DATED 1603

Closed2 May 2013

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GBP 1,500

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A RAEREN PEWTER-MOUNTED DATED ARMORIAL STONEWARE JUG
DATED 1603
Kurfürstenkrug, covered in a light brown glaze, the cylindrical body decorated in relief with a frieze of seven architectural arched panels, enclosing half-length portraits of the electors, each bearing his coat-of-arms with the date '1603' to one end and monograms flanking each portrait, the neck with entwined strapwork enclosing mask and flower medallions, the pewter cover with shell thumbpiece, repair and small chips to upper rim
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high overall

Anonymous sale; Christie's Amsterdam, 30 May 2001, lot 134.

Specialist note

The electors (Kurfürsten) were the seven German princes entitled to elect the German king; the archbishops of Mainz, Trier and Cologne, the King of Bohemia (in 1602 Rudolf II, the Holy Roman Emperor), the Count Palatine of the Rhine, the Duke of Saxony and the Margrave of Brandenburg. This theme was very popular around 1600 and was often represented in glassware.