A Thuringian faience tankard with a hunting scene - image-1

Lot 894 Dα

A Thuringian faience tankard with a hunting scene

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 500 € - 800 €
Result: 1.500 € (incl. premium)

A Thuringian faience tankard with a hunting scene

Depicting a deer hunt. Unmarked. Some cracks, minor wear to the glaze of the rims. Loose pewter mountings, the lid engraved "A.R.ST 1735". H with thumbrest 26.3 cm.
Attributed to Erfurt, 2nd quarter 18th C.

Provenance

Collection of Dr. Konrad Strauß.
The Klewer collection, Berlin.
Private collection, Lower Saxony.

Literature

Cf. Mahnert, Thüringer Fayencen, Leipzig 1993, illus. 26.
Identical decor in: Schwarze, Alte deutsche Fayencekrüge, Wuppertal 1980, p. 244, no. 803.