A SOUTH-GERMAN BRASS-MOUNTED CARVED BEECHWOOD FIGURE OF A PORTER, SO-CALLED 'BÜTTENMANN'

These carved figures depicting winemakers were very popular as welcome beakers in the wine-growing districts of South Germany, Alsace and Switzerland in the Renaissance and Baroque period. A comperable Büttenmann can be found in the Historische Museum, Basel (inv. no. 1920.10).