A rare Schreizheim fayence snail pot and cover circa 1770

naturalistically modelled partially out of its shell on a green base painted with leaves and flowerheads in black.

The yellow has slightly misfired leaving slightly rough patches, which need to be professionally cleaned. The snail's tentacles are metal replacements. There is an approximate 1-inch fine haircrack running from the footrim towards the center. One wing on the knop is restored and another has a small chip. Otherwise in good condition.
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A similar example is illustrated by Hans Erdner and Gert K. Nagel in Die Fayence Fabrik zu Schreizheim, cat. no. 308 and by Eduard Fuchs and Paul Heiland in Die Deutsche Fayence-Kultur, Einhundertfünfzig der Schönsten Deutschen Fayencen, p. 161, fig. 103a.