Lot 640

German Dated 1594 Salt Glazed Stoneware Mug with Relief Decoration

Estimate: $600 - $900

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possibly Siegburg, possibly Christian Knutgen, unmarked, decoration after the engravings of Theodor de Bry, with inscription "Jan Allers 1594", 4-1/2 x 3 x 4-1/2 in.

Provenance: Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts

Note: "Jan Allers was a wholesale merchant from Antwerp, Belgium whose name is often found in Westerwald bottles of the period." (Cullity, 1994)

Exhibition: Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, A Cubberd, Four Joyne Stools & Other Smalle Thinges..., May 8 - October 23, 1994.

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Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts

anomalies, pinholes, glaze voids and firing cracks (notably to raised decoration), cracks and repairs to handle and rim, repair to joints of handle at body (see black light), with visible glue, surface dirt and accretion