994 - Narrow-necked jug with a delicate architectural design — Nuremberg, ca. 1720/30 — The bulbous, obliquely godroned body rests on a round, flared foot; the neck is fluted and features a small pointed spout; the braided handle, divided into two sections at the bottom, has a central rib; on the front, an architectural ensemble painted in manganese within a large, colored cartouche featuring bunches of fruit, framed by grapevines; on the neck, leaf tendrils on volutes; beneath the handle, a bird in flight above a landscape base. White-glazed faience with colored painting in the high-fire colors of blue, yellow, green, and manganese, likely by Philipp Conrad Schwab (documented 1727–40); Pewter mount; lid with leaf-shaped clasp; inside, marked “IDS” for Johann David Suff of Nuremberg (master craftsman 1684, active into the 1720s). - Pewter base ring added later; dents on the rim and handle. - A very similar narrow-necked jug in H. Bosch: German Faience Jugs of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Collections of Hans Cohn, Los Angeles, and Siegfried Kramarsky, 1983, no. 61. - See also S. Glaser: Nuremberg Faience, pp. 165–174. - M. H. Grieb: Nuremberg Artists’ Lexicon, Munich 2007. - Hintze: Nuremberg Pewter Casters, nos. 337–338.