CIRCA 1597

Details

A rare Frechen stoneware dated armorial pewter-mounted bellarmine
Circa 1597
(Bartmannkrug) the tiger-glazed vermiculated globular body applied with a large frontal medallion containing a helmetted crested coat of arms accolées, a lozenge shield of the Wittelsbach house of Bavaria, and a lion rampant shield of Palatinate Rhenania, underneath 1597, flanked by two medallions containing a jester or buffoon holding various playful attributes, surrounded with a caption with a long humorous text in Niederdeutsch, the neck applied with a grotesque bearded male mascaroon, with twisted loop handle, the tiny domed cover connected with an upturned thumbpiece to the handle
20cm high

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.

Lot Essay

Cf. G. Reineking-von Bock, Steinzeug (Cologne 1976), p.226 ill.323 and 324 for other examples with similar coat of arms and similar buffoons.

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