A large Westerwald stoneware blue and grey pewter-mounted dated royal armorial jug

CIRCA 1724

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A large Westerwald stoneware blue and grey pewter-mounted dated royal armorial jug
Circa 1724
The globular steinzeug body impressed with a large sunburst medallion containing the crowned coat-of-arms of George I of Hanover, King of England and inscribed with 1724 and GR, further surrounded by scrolling foliage, the neck with rings and with loop handle, the terraced pewter cover connected with a thumbpiece to the handle
29.5cm. high

Lot Essay

c.f. E. Klinge, German stoneware in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p. 50, ill. 109

These Westerwald jugs were intended for export to Britain

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