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MID 17TH CENTURY, THE COVER WITH CONTEMPORARY PEWTER MARKS
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A Kreussen stoneware planets pewter-mounted jug
Mid 17th century, the cover with contemporary pewter marks
(Planetenbirnkrug) the brown glazed baluster body enamelled in colours with various friezes of ornamental motifs, with a frontal medallion depicting the Holy Lamb with a cross and a pennant, further with a frieze of various figures in relief depicting the planets, inscribed: soll, venus, mercuri, luna, saturnus, iupiter, mars, the domed cover embossed with flowers, connected with a fan thumbpiece to the handle, the handle with a grotesque mask (the handle repaired and chips to the base)
27cm high
Mid 17th century, the cover with contemporary pewter marks
(Planetenbirnkrug) the brown glazed baluster body enamelled in colours with various friezes of ornamental motifs, with a frontal medallion depicting the Holy Lamb with a cross and a pennant, further with a frieze of various figures in relief depicting the planets, inscribed: soll, venus, mercuri, luna, saturnus, iupiter, mars, the domed cover embossed with flowers, connected with a fan thumbpiece to the handle, the handle with a grotesque mask (the handle repaired and chips to the base)
27cm high
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