A Braunschweig faience tankard - image-1

Lot 882 Dα

A Braunschweig faience tankard

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 500 € - 800 €
Result: 1.750 € (incl. premium)

A Braunschweig faience tankard

With two figures walking amidst ruins and tall trees. Blue mark D. Wear to the glaze of the handle. Pewter mountings, engraved "BMM 1725". H with thumbrest 28.2 cm.
Von Horn manufactory, c. 1720 - 25.

Provenance

Private collection, Lower Saxony.

Literature

Illus. in: Schwarze, Alte deutsche Fayencekrüge, p. 295, illus. 1025.
Cf. Spies, Braunschweiger Fayencen, Braunschweig 1971, illus. 35.