SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

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A rare Cologne pewter-mounted double-handled stoneware jug
Second half 16th century
(Zwillingshenkelkrug) covered in a light brown glaze, the globular body moulded with a central frieze enclosing grotesques alternating with portrait and flower medallions, the shoulders and lower part with stiff leaves and portrait medallions depicting helmetted warriors, the ribbed cylindrical neck with scrolling foliage, applied with a double loop handle, the domed pewter cover connected with t-shaped thumbpiece to the handle
21.5cm high

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Lot Essay

Double-handled jugs are known from both Cologne-Frechen and Siegburg, but they are very rare. It is not known whether the double handle is a decorative feature or has a practical function.

Cf. G. Reineking-von Bock, Kataloge des Kunstgewerbemuseums Köln, Band IV, Steinzeug (Cologne 1976), p.210 ill.287 and
E. Klinge, Duits Steengoed, German Stoneware, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Zwolle 1996), p.14 ill.3 for other examples of Zwillingshenkelkrügen.

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