Lot Essay
See M. Kohnemann, Auflagen auf Raerener Steinzeug, Sankt Vith, 1982, p.204 for the illustration of the warlords and monarchs frieze.
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CIRCA 1600
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A large Raeren stoneware pewter-mounted Warlords and Monarchs jug
CIRCA 1600
Fürstenkrug, the light brown-ground body decorated with a wide cylindrical frieze depicting nine arcaded panels enclosing lordly and royal figures holding a sceptre seated above their coat-of-arms, also including the monograms HB-IB-HB underneath a long inscription in low German:.arquis: Spinola: Engels: Konig: Roemsch Kaiser: Spans: Koenig: Konig In Francric: Konig In Denmarc: Maritis: Roemsch Kaiser:
Spans Koenig. (marquis Spinola -a Spanish warlord 1569-1630-, the King of England, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the King of France, the King of Denmark, Maurits the Stadholder of the Dutch United Provinces), the shoulders and narrowing lower part incised with panels of chip-carving alternating stylised foliage and bands of twisted rope, the cylindrical neck with a frieze of Laub und Bandelwerk enclosing mascaroons, the domed and embossed pewter cover connected with a ball thumbpiece to the ribbed loop handle ending in a long tail
41 cm. high
CIRCA 1600
Fürstenkrug, the light brown-ground body decorated with a wide cylindrical frieze depicting nine arcaded panels enclosing lordly and royal figures holding a sceptre seated above their coat-of-arms, also including the monograms HB-IB-HB underneath a long inscription in low German:.arquis: Spinola: Engels: Konig: Roemsch Kaiser: Spans: Koenig: Konig In Francric: Konig In Denmarc: Maritis: Roemsch Kaiser:
Spans Koenig. (marquis Spinola -a Spanish warlord 1569-1630-, the King of England, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the King of France, the King of Denmark, Maurits the Stadholder of the Dutch United Provinces), the shoulders and narrowing lower part incised with panels of chip-carving alternating stylised foliage and bands of twisted rope, the cylindrical neck with a frieze of Laub und Bandelwerk enclosing mascaroons, the domed and embossed pewter cover connected with a ball thumbpiece to the ribbed loop handle ending in a long tail
41 cm. high
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