A WALDENBURG STONEWARE PEWTER-MOUNTED ARMORIAL BARREL
CIRCA 1600
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A WALDENBURG STONEWARE PEWTER-MOUNTED ARMORIAL BARREL CIRCA 1600 (FASS), THE LIGHT-BROWN GROUND SLIGHTLY VERMICULATED BODY WITH A GREYISH BLUE PART, WITH TWO BANDS OF FOLIAGE WITHIN RINGS, ALSO WITH FOUR ROSETTES SURROUNDING ONE WREATHED MEDALLION ENCLOSING AN ELABORATED HELMETTED COAT OF ARMS INSCRIBED WITH HVG TO BOTH SIDES, THE SIDES WITH ONE ROSETTE EN SUITE, ON QUADRUPOD SUPPORTS (KUFEN) WITH TAPERING NECK AND LOOP HANDLE, THE PEWTER THUMBPIECE CONNECTED TO THE HANDLE CIRCA 16.5CM. (6 1/2IN.) WIDE
Literature
C.F. E. KLINGE, DEUTSCHES STEINZEUG DER RENAISSANCE- UND BAROCKZEIT, DUSSELDORF (HETJENS-MUSEUM), 23/09-25/11/1979, P. 116, ILL. 221
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