Lot Essay
Cf. G.Reineking von Bock, Steinzeug (Köln 1976), p.224 ill.318 and 319.
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CIRCA 1575
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A small Cologne-Frechen stoneware bellarmine
Circa 1575
(Bartmannkrug) the light brown globular body applied with a large bearded male mask, further with rows of stiff acanthus leaves alternating medallions enclosing female profile heads divided by a banderole inscribed in Niederdeutsch: Haf. Got. Fur. Deinen. Augen. Den. Haf. Got. Fur. Deinen. Augenden, with ribbed cylindrical neck and pinched base, with loop handle
19cm high
See illustration
Circa 1575
(Bartmannkrug) the light brown globular body applied with a large bearded male mask, further with rows of stiff acanthus leaves alternating medallions enclosing female profile heads divided by a banderole inscribed in Niederdeutsch: Haf. Got. Fur. Deinen. Augen. Den. Haf. Got. Fur. Deinen. Augenden, with ribbed cylindrical neck and pinched base, with loop handle
19cm high
See illustration
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