A good and rare renaissance ewer of pewter, French, partly after a model by François Briot Circa 1600

the ovoid body cast with the allegorical figures of Abundance, War and Peace, thus inscribed in French, within oval cartouches, above and below grotesque figures and masks, the mouth of inverted helmet-shape, applied with scroll handle cast with a dolphin head, the lip with traces of numbering in red 169, dark grey varnished patina

Literature:
Philips / Dubbe no. 153

Related Literature:
Demiani 1867

Berling 1920, pp. 89-90

Haedeke 1963, figs. 121, 127 and 148

The subject this ewer was cast with implies that it was originally paired with one of the so-called 'Mars' dishes.