Lot Essay
For a comparable Proskau tankard see Cf. W. Schwarze, Fayence Krüge, Wuppertal, 1980, p. 291.
1750-1785
Details
Three German fayence tankards
1750-1785
Painted in colours, comprising: a Thüringen dashed in manganese-red, painted in colours with a gardener flanked by flower motifs, the raised flat pewter cover inscribed FGK 1750 FGL, with loop handle (thumbpiece missing), 20.5 cm. high; a Proskau with a harlequin playing the flute, with raised flat pewter cover connected with a ball thumbpiece to the loop handle (cracks), 22.2 cm. high; a probably Dorotheenthal painted with a continuous scene of Oriental figures in a garden with architectural structures, 17.7 cm. high (3)
1750-1785
Painted in colours, comprising: a Thüringen dashed in manganese-red, painted in colours with a gardener flanked by flower motifs, the raised flat pewter cover inscribed FGK 1750 FGL, with loop handle (thumbpiece missing), 20.5 cm. high; a Proskau with a harlequin playing the flute, with raised flat pewter cover connected with a ball thumbpiece to the loop handle (cracks), 22.2 cm. high; a probably Dorotheenthal painted with a continuous scene of Oriental figures in a garden with architectural structures, 17.7 cm. high (3)
Provenance
Collection Viktor Freiherr von Finck, Nöthnitz Castle, Bannewitz, Saxony, no. 420, no. 422 and no. 427.
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