19TH CENTURY

Details

An armorial 'Hausmalerei' pewter-mounted jug
19TH CENTURY
Enghalskrug, in the Schrezheim-style, painted in petit feu colours after an engraving by J.A. Zimmermann, with Saint George slaying the dragon, underneath ST. GEORGIUS PATRONUS, the reverse with a crowned coat-of-arms surrounded by 1763 MAX. FR. SCHENCK.FR.V CASTEL (restoration, the foot cracked)
35.5 cm. high

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Lot Essay

With old Christie's catalogue description label.
For a related Schezheim Hausmalerei Saint George jug see G. Nagel, Fayencen, München, 1977, p.103 ill.163.

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