A COLOGNE BROWN SALTGLAZE STONEWARE PEWTER-MOUNTED BARTMANN JUG
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A COLOGNE BROWN SALTGLAZE STONEWARE PEWTER-MOUNTED BARTMANN JUG

CIRCA 1550, POSSIBLY STREITZEUGGASSE WORKSHOP

Closed29 November 2011

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GBP 2,250

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A COLOGNE BROWN SALTGLAZE STONEWARE PEWTER-MOUNTED BARTMANN JUG
CIRCA 1550, POSSIBLY STREITZEUGGASSE WORKSHOP
Of baluster form with a loop handle, the bulbous waist applied with stiff-leaves and male profile portrait roundels above and below a central inscription, the tapering neck with a bearded mask, with reeded rims (upper part of handle broken and repaired, chip, slight chip to top rim and rim wear, slight chip to body above inscription)
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high overall

Specialist note

The inscription IN: VERT: BLET: IN: EKEIT: DES: HREN: VERT: BLET: IN: EKEIT: DES: HREN: VERT: BLET: IN: EKEIT translates as 'the word of God lives for ever'. For a similar Bartmannskrug, see Peter Vogt, Fayence und Steinzeug aus vier Jahrhunderten, Munich, 2007, no. 91.