Lot Essay
Cf. M. Bauer, Frankfurter fayencen aus der Zeit der Barock (Frankfurt 1998), p.37 ill.20
1670-1700
Details
A Frankfurt or Hanau fayence blue and white sayings dish
1670-1700
(Spruchteller) decorated with a crowned grotesque cartouche upholding swags and a cherub's head, inscribed: Rede aber wenig (Speak but not much), within two rings
22cm diam.
1670-1700
(Spruchteller) decorated with a crowned grotesque cartouche upholding swags and a cherub's head, inscribed: Rede aber wenig (Speak but not much), within two rings
22cm diam.
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