A GMUNDEN AUSTRIAN FAIENCE BIRNKRUG, the baluster body painted in colours with a seated gentleman eating bread with a knife, a dog beside him, further with stylized flowersprays, inscribed man isst, da mit man lebt, man lebt um nicht zu essen, the borders with lozenges and beads, the handle hatched, late 18th Century
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A GMUNDEN AUSTRIAN FAIENCE BIRNKRUG, the baluster body painted in colours with a seated gentleman eating bread with a knife, a dog beside him, further with stylized flowersprays, inscribed man isst, da mit man lebt, man lebt um nicht zu essen, the borders with lozenges and beads, the handle hatched, late 18th Century
20 cm high
Lot Essay
cf. W. Schwarze, Deutsche Fayence-Krüge, p.133 ill.318 for a Birnkrug with similar border
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