A large Westerwald stoneware armorial jug
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A large Westerwald stoneware armorial jug

CIRCA 1596

Closed1 July 2009

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EUR 6,250

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A large Westerwald stoneware armorial jug
Circa 1596
The grey ground dashed in blue, the slightly conical body centred by a crowned coat-of-arms within a medallion inscribed and dated ...ANNO 1596..., flanked by rampant lions on an incised scrolling ground, the stepped bulbous body with wave pattern below a beared mascaroon (Bartmann) at the spout, applied with short strap handle, minor chips
38.8 cm. high

Specialist note

For a similar jug with a different coat-of-arms, see E. Klinge, Deutsches Steinzeug der Renaissance- und Barokzeit, Hetjens Museum, 1979, p.59, nr.100