A Nuremberg pewter-mounted faience tankard circa 1740

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Description

B in blue
22.5cm., 8 7/8 in.

painted in blue with an oval medallion enclosing a landscape with a seated shepherd and his flock, flanked by cornucopiae and flowers, between bands of floral and foliate panels, blue-striped handle, the unmarked pewter cover inset with a medallion of St. John Nepomuk and with a ball thumbpiece

Exhibited

Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo, Utstilling av Gamle Tyske Fajanser, April 1932, no.134

Literature

Gamle Tyske Fajanser, exhibition catalogue, Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo, 1932, cat.no.134