978 - Pear-shaped jug with delicate floral painting — Bayreuth, second half of the 18th century — painter Johann Markus Hagen (active in Bayreuth from 1766 to 1803). Pottbellied body with a tapered ribbon handle; on the front, a bouquet of flowers with a carnation at the center. White-glazed faience painted in sharp-fired colors—manganese, green, and yellow with a touch of blue; fire-gilded silver mount; lid with a rolled knob. On the base, the artist’s signature “JMH” and the date “den 13ten Sept. 1777” painted in manganese. Height: 24.5 cm. - Minor chips on the rim. - Cf. O. Rosebieter: Die deutschen Fayencen, Leipzig 1921, p. 91.