Lot Essay
For a comparable ewer see O. ter Kuile, Koper en Brons, Amsterdam, 1986, p. 184.
GERMAN, LAST QUARTER 15TH CENTURY
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BRASS WINE FLAGON
GERMAN, LAST QUARTER 15TH CENTURY
The domed lid with turned finial above a single hinged twin-acorn thumbrest and loop handle to the bulbous body with S-shaped spout terminating in a dragon's or lion's head
21.5 cm. high
Together with a 15th century style brass wine ewer, the spout shaped as a shield bearing lion - 25.4 cm. high. (2)
GERMAN, LAST QUARTER 15TH CENTURY
The domed lid with turned finial above a single hinged twin-acorn thumbrest and loop handle to the bulbous body with S-shaped spout terminating in a dragon's or lion's head
21.5 cm. high
Together with a 15th century style brass wine ewer, the spout shaped as a shield bearing lion - 25.4 cm. high. (2)
Provenance
(2): Roland Holst collection, acquired from Paul Brandt, Amsterdam.
Exhibited
(2): Rotterdam, Historisch Museum, Bezeten Bezit, Keuzetentoonstelling uit de verzameling van Mevrouw W.G. Elias-Vaes te Rotterdam, exhibition catalogue, 18 April - 1 August 1970, no. 376
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