A Saxon enamelled pewter-mounted tankard circa 1807

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

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Description

the cover stamped with three proof marks for Traugott Friedrich Pilz, 1778, Freiberg
22cm., 8 5/8 in.

the cylindrical form painted with a man holding a rod facing an oven lined with racks, billowing smoke and flames above and below, flanked by shrubbery, wide strap handle, the contemporary hinged cover inscribed L.S.T. 1807, the everted foot with pewter mount

Catalogue Note

The pewtersmith, T.F.Pilz, was made a master in Freiberg near Dresden on 1st June 1778. He died in 1822 (see E.Hintze, Die Deutschen Zinngiesser und ihre Marken, vol. 1, p.108). Hintze records an enamelled and engraved tankard with Saxon armorials, dated 1806, in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Dresden.