A CREUSSEN STONEWARE DATED PEWTER-MOUNTED TANKARD (APOSTELKRUG)
Lot 21 DONGXI STUDIO - WORKS OF ART FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE BELGIAN COLLECTION (Lots 21, 24-26, 30, 31, 33-36, 40-41 & 43)

A CREUSSEN STONEWARE DATED PEWTER-MOUNTED TANKARD (APOSTELKRUG)

1661, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY OR LATER

Closed2 December 2015

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A CREUSSEN STONEWARE DATED PEWTER-MOUNTED TANKARD (APOSTELKRUG)
1661, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY OR LATER
The body applied in low relief with figures of the Twelve Apostles flanked by lily-of-the-valley between foliate and scroll borders, the footrim inscribed CHRISTOPH SCHERTE.L.1661., the handle moulded with a female bust and lion mask and painted below with a coat of arms (flat chip to underside of base, slight chipping to footrim, minor wear to enamels, mounts slightly loose)
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high overall

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 March 1984, lot 39.

Specialist note

For a similar Apostelkrug dated 1682 see David Gaimster, German Stoneware 1200-1900, London, 1997, p. 274, no. 138.