Description
A pewter-mounted faience jug, Ansbach, circa 1790 Faience, pewter-mounted. Stand with broadly flared, wavy pewter mount. Cylindrical, manganese-asphalted wall. Front with cartouche with fish framed by foliage and shells in colorful hot-fire colors. Pewter lid with relief medallion depicting the birth of Christ. Engraved with "MBE 1801". Without pewter marks. In very good condition. Dimensions 26 x 17.5 x 13 cm. Cf. Bayer, Ansbacher Fayencen, ill. 196 (cartouche). Condition: II +
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A pewter-mounted faience jug, Ansbach, circa 1790
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