A German enamelled humpen with the Bakers' arms of Georg Schieberlein [Wappenhumpen] Middle Germany or Bohemia, dated 1658

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

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Description

20.5cm., 8 1/8 in.

of green tint, the cylindrical form with kick-in base and applied footring, painted with the Bakers' coat-of-arms, a crowned pretzel flanked by two griffin supporters, inscribed Solang du bist Zu haus auff deines vatters erden / solang so wirt aus dier kein tapffer man nicht werden / viel besser frisch Hienaus besehen recht die welt / das man drauß wandern muß und in Sein grab hienfält. George schieberlein 1658, between concentric banding

Provenance

The Collection of Fritz and Mary Biemann, Zurich

Literature

A.von Saldern and B.Klesse, 500 Jahre Glaskunst. Sammlung Biemann, p.352, no.334

Catalogue Note

The bubbly structure of the enamelling has been attributed to bad firing - a characteristic of Marienwalde near Brandenburg.