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Cf. W. Schwarze, Deutsche Fayence Krügen (Wuppertal 1980), p.292 ill.1016 for a comparable Erfurt tankard with a dancing figure and musician.
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MID 18TH CENTURY, THE MOUNT CIRCA 1800
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An Erfurt fayence pewter-mounted tankard
Mid 18th century, the mount circa 1800
(Walzenkrug) the cylindrical body painted in colours with a dancing peasant beside a seated trumpet player, flanked by palmtrees and flowering branches, the pewter cover connected with a ball thumbpiece to the loop handle hatched in manganese red, the cover inscribed C.G.L.H. and 1800 (hairline cracks)
27.8cm. high
See illustration
Mid 18th century, the mount circa 1800
(Walzenkrug) the cylindrical body painted in colours with a dancing peasant beside a seated trumpet player, flanked by palmtrees and flowering branches, the pewter cover connected with a ball thumbpiece to the loop handle hatched in manganese red, the cover inscribed C.G.L.H. and 1800 (hairline cracks)
27.8cm. high
See illustration
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