Lot Essay
Cf. G. Reineking-von Bock, Steinzeug, Cologne, 1976, p. 202, ill. 262 for a jug with an owl among oak twigs.
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1525-1550
Details
A Cologne stoneware pewter-mounted bellarmine
1525-1550
(Bartmannkrug) the light brown globular body applied with wide-curving oak twigs with acorns (Akeleiblüten) in relief, further with a central perched owl, the neck with a large bearded grotesque male mascaroon, the domed cover connected with a T-shaped thumbpiece to the strap handle
27.8 cm. high
See illustration
1525-1550
(Bartmannkrug) the light brown globular body applied with wide-curving oak twigs with acorns (Akeleiblüten) in relief, further with a central perched owl, the neck with a large bearded grotesque male mascaroon, the domed cover connected with a T-shaped thumbpiece to the strap handle
27.8 cm. high
See illustration
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