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Sat, Sep 11, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1169

Westerwald Royal Portrait Stoneware Mug

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

German, dated 1695, reeded cylindrical neck washed in manganese, strap handle, applied with octagonal portrait plaque of King William, titled along portrait perimeter "WILHELMVS III. D.G. MAG. BRIT. FRANC. ET. HIB. REX.&"ÿÿ(William III, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland), second panel below bearing date "1695",ÿsurrounded by incised floral scrolls decorated in manganese, reserved on cobalt ground, 5-3/8 x 5-1/2 in.

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Provenance: F. Dickerson Collection; Robert Hunter, Virginia, purchased December 20, 2002 for $5,508; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey

Condition

rim chip, faint hairline at handle terminal, hairline to base, minor losses to decoration, minor firing cracks, light scratchesÿ