A NUREMBERG FAIENCE BLUE AND WHITE SINGLEHANDLED PEWTERMOUNTED WALZENKRUG, (tankard) the cylindrical body painted with the Virgin Mary holding a branch of lilies, stars around her head, within a scrolled cartouche, the back with flowering foliage, the handle hatched, the domed pewter cover spirally-ribbed, enclosing a coin depicting the Resurrection of Christ, inscribed in German, within a flowerhead incised AK, connected with gadrooned ball thumbpiece to the handle, (restored), 18th Century

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A NUREMBERG FAIENCE BLUE AND WHITE SINGLEHANDLED PEWTERMOUNTED WALZENKRUG, (tankard) the cylindrical body painted with the Virgin Mary holding a branch of lilies, stars around her head, within a scrolled cartouche, the back with flowering foliage, the handle hatched, the domed pewter cover spirally-ribbed, enclosing a coin depicting the Resurrection of Christ, inscribed in German, within a flowerhead incised AK, connected with gadrooned ball thumbpiece to the handle, (restored), 18th Century
circa 24 cm high

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