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18TH CENTURY
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Three Central European faience objects
18th Century
Comprising: an Austrian pewter-mounted faience Birnkrug, the baluster body painted with a hunter blowing a horn, another holding a rifle and a hound, probably Gmünden, 24cm. high (restored); a German faience quadrupod two-handled oval buttertub, the light blue ground painted in blue with stylised foliage, the interior with a central flower, scroll handles, on small paw feet, probably Nürnberg, 21.5cm. wide; a large square Habaner-ware type faience pewter-mounted flask, probably Hungarian or Slowak, painted in blue and ochre with birds, a hare, deer and a village landscape, with pewter screw lid (3)
18th Century
Comprising: an Austrian pewter-mounted faience Birnkrug, the baluster body painted with a hunter blowing a horn, another holding a rifle and a hound, probably Gmünden, 24cm. high (restored); a German faience quadrupod two-handled oval buttertub, the light blue ground painted in blue with stylised foliage, the interior with a central flower, scroll handles, on small paw feet, probably Nürnberg, 21.5cm. wide; a large square Habaner-ware type faience pewter-mounted flask, probably Hungarian or Slowak, painted in blue and ochre with birds, a hare, deer and a village landscape, with pewter screw lid (3)