Sale 2466
Amsterdam
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27 June 2000
Price realised
NLG 4,096
Estimate
A Siegburg stoneware mythological pewtermounted pulle Circa 1560-1570 The light brown rilled globular body applied with three oval medallions depicting a helmetted warrior surrounded with a band of foliage, inscribed Mercurius, the loop handle applied with a thumbpiece to the domed pewter handle (the handle restored) 22.5cm. (9 in.) high
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Cf. E. Klinge, German stoneware Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam 1996), p. 44, ill. p. 45 See illustration
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