Lot Essay
Cf. W. Schwarze, Fayence Krüge, Wuppertal, 1980, p. 156.
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CIRCA 1700
Details
A Berlin Funcke fayence blue and white tankard
Circa 1700
Decorated with a large crowned Brandenburg eagle with the monogram FRW, probably for Kurfürst Friedrich III, holding an orb and a shield in its claws, perced on a diaperwork cartouche, the border with scroll motifs, with loop handle, the lower border with a loose pewter mount
17.7 cm. high
See illustration
Circa 1700
Decorated with a large crowned Brandenburg eagle with the monogram FRW, probably for Kurfürst Friedrich III, holding an orb and a shield in its claws, perced on a diaperwork cartouche, the border with scroll motifs, with loop handle, the lower border with a loose pewter mount
17.7 cm. high
See illustration
Provenance
Collection Viktor Freiherr von Finck, Nöthnitz Castle, Bannewitz, Saxony, no. 426.
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