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CIRCA 1770-80, MANGANESE THREE CRESCENT C MARK, THE CONTEMPORARY PEWTER COVER ENGRAVED 'G.E.D.', THE INTERIOR STAMPED WTIH A MAKER'S MARKS OF AN ANGEL AND MH ABOVE LONDON.ZI TO THE UNDERSIDE
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A HANNOVERSCH-MÜNDEN FAYENCE POLYCHROME PEWTER-MOUNTED CYLINDRICAL TANKARD (WALZENKRUG)
CIRCA 1770-80, MANGANESE THREE CRESCENT C MARK, THE CONTEMPORARY PEWTER COVER ENGRAVED 'G.E.D.', THE INTERIOR STAMPED WTIH A MAKER'S MARKS OF AN ANGEL AND MH ABOVE LONDON.ZI TO THE UNDERSIDE
Painted with Harlequin and an opponent, probably Hanswurst, in fighting pose on a terrace, flanked on each side by palm trees issuing from rockwork, the pewter mount with a ball finial and inset with a figural medallion (hairline crack to upper terminal of handle, glaze flaking to handle and upper rim, small holes to ball finial)
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high overall
CIRCA 1770-80, MANGANESE THREE CRESCENT C MARK, THE CONTEMPORARY PEWTER COVER ENGRAVED 'G.E.D.', THE INTERIOR STAMPED WTIH A MAKER'S MARKS OF AN ANGEL AND MH ABOVE LONDON.ZI TO THE UNDERSIDE
Painted with Harlequin and an opponent, probably Hanswurst, in fighting pose on a terrace, flanked on each side by palm trees issuing from rockwork, the pewter mount with a ball finial and inset with a figural medallion (hairline crack to upper terminal of handle, glaze flaking to handle and upper rim, small holes to ball finial)
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high overall
Provenance
With Michele Beiny, New York, from whom it was acquired in May 2007.
Literature
Birte Abraham, Commedia dell'Arte, The Patricia & Rodes Hart Collection of European Porcelain and Faience, Amsterdam, 2010, pp. 194-195.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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Matilda Burn
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