A Nuremberg pewter-mounted faience jug (Enghalskrug) circa 1725

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

29.5cm., 11 5/8 in.

painted in blue, probably by Grebner, with a lobed cartouche enclosing a landscape scene, a similar cartouche enclosing flowers to the reverse, both reserved against dense scrolling foliage, the ribbed neck with a flower spray flanked by leaves, striped rope-twist handle, the pewter cover struck with an indistinct Nuremberg maker's mark

Provenance

G.H. Lockner Collection, Würzburg;
With Gerard van Aaken, Berlin;
Acquired from the above in February 1926

Exhibited

Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo, Utstilling av Gamle Tyske Fajanser, April 1932, no.122

Literature

Gamle Tyske Fajanser, exhibition catalogue, Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo 1932, cat.no.122