Lot Essay
Cf. G. Reineking von Bock, Steinzeug (Köln 1976 ), p.224 ill.318 for a comparable jug.
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CIRCA 1550
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A small Cologne Frechen stoneware pewter-mounted Bellarmine
Circa 1550
(Bartmannkrug) the light brown ground globular body applied with a large grotesque bearded male mascaroon, with a central banderole inscribed in Niederdeutsch: Wan Got Wilt Zo Ist Mein Zeilt (when God wants it will be my time), with two rows of stiff acanthus leaves alternating rosettes, the terraced domed cover connected with a shell thumbpiece to the loop handle
17,3cm high
See illustration
Circa 1550
(Bartmannkrug) the light brown ground globular body applied with a large grotesque bearded male mascaroon, with a central banderole inscribed in Niederdeutsch: Wan Got Wilt Zo Ist Mein Zeilt (when God wants it will be my time), with two rows of stiff acanthus leaves alternating rosettes, the terraced domed cover connected with a shell thumbpiece to the loop handle
17,3cm high
See illustration
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