CIRCA 1604

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A rare Raeren stoneware dated armorial jug
Circa 1604
The light brown globular body applied with a central medallion enclosing a coat of arms depicting a heart pierced by a staff flanked by mantling, surrounded by a band inscribed SPES MEA DEVS BALTHASAR REINE A B AB MAR, flanked by two other medallions enclosing a coat of arms depicting the housemark of H. Liefrinck (Antwerpen), flanked by mantling, inscribed 1604, the shoulders moulded with lionesque masks between bands of stylised foliage, with upright cylindrical neck and loop handle ending in a tail (small hairline cracks, minute chips to the upper edge)
22.5cm. high
See illustration

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Lot Essay

Cf. O.E. Mayer, Raerener Steinzeug (Aachen 1967), p.136 and 138 ill.132 No.11 for an illustration and a discussion of this Raeren Hausmarke.

H. Liefrinck is described in literature as an engraver and a modeller. Sometimes his name appears on Raeren jugs in combination with his mark. An example is a jug in the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels.

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