Lot Essay
For a similar birnkrug with a related scene by Rossler, with a WR monogram on the handle terminal, see Alfred Ziffer, Malerei und Feuerkunst, Fayencen der Sammlung Neuner, Munich, 2005, pp. 54-55, no. 20.
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CIRCA 1690-1700, PART OF WR MONOGRAM FOR WOLFGANG ROSSLER, NUREMBERG, THE BIRNKRUG ATTRIBUTED TO FRANKFURT, THE MOUNT ATTRIBUTED TO NUREMBERG
Details
A PEWTER-MOUNTED GERMAN FAYENCE HAUSMALEREI BIRNKRUG AND COVER
CIRCA 1690-1700, PART OF WR MONOGRAM FOR WOLFGANG ROSSLER, NUREMBERG, THE BIRNKRUG ATTRIBUTED TO FRANKFURT, THE MOUNT ATTRIBUTED TO NUREMBERG
Painted with an oval panel with two figures in a mountainous and rocky wooded river landscape, a fortified town in the distance, within a loose cartouche of pink roses, the lower terminal with the remnants of a puce W[R] signature, the armorial hinged pewter cover with a ball thumbpiece, the interior stamped with a shield
9 7⁄8 in. (25 cm.) high overall
CIRCA 1690-1700, PART OF WR MONOGRAM FOR WOLFGANG ROSSLER, NUREMBERG, THE BIRNKRUG ATTRIBUTED TO FRANKFURT, THE MOUNT ATTRIBUTED TO NUREMBERG
Painted with an oval panel with two figures in a mountainous and rocky wooded river landscape, a fortified town in the distance, within a loose cartouche of pink roses, the lower terminal with the remnants of a puce W[R] signature, the armorial hinged pewter cover with a ball thumbpiece, the interior stamped with a shield
9 7⁄8 in. (25 cm.) high overall
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, October 1971, lot 156.
Literature
Helmet Bosch, Die Nürnberger Hausmaler, Munich, 1984, p. 308, no. 245.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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Specialist
For a similar birnkrug with a related scene by Rossler, with a WR monogram on the handle terminal, see Alfred Ziffer, Malerei und Feuerkunst, Fayencen der Sammlung Neuner, Munich, 2005, pp. 54-55, no. 20.