Auction 110 - Tag 3
Fine Art, Ceramics, Metalware & Sculptures
By Auktionshaus Mehlis
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May 27, 2023
Hammerstraße 30, 8523 Plauen, Germany
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LOT 3201:
Medal jug with pewter mounting
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Start price:
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2,400
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Medal jug with pewter mounting
probably Bunzlau, c. 1700, reddish body, lead oxide glaze coloured with brownstone, without pewter marks, profiled lid with flattened sphere and inset medal to Emperor Joseph I, Pewter stand ring and on the wall three round pewter frames with medals, these inscribed "Otto Mosb[achensis] C[omes] P[alatinus] Rh[eni] Bav[vriaie] D[ux] Administrator", "Wilhelmus IV Boiorum Dux Johann Bipont O P. Rh[eni] Bav[avriae] D[ux] Administrator", depiction of Johann I. of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1550-1604), Wilhelm IV the Steadfast (1493-1550) as well as Otto I. of Palatinate-Mosbach (1390-1461), thus all three medals refer to Zweibrücken, the Palatinate and Bavaria, lid possibly added later, some scratching, tiny glaze defects, h 19 cm. Source: Horschik, Steinzeug, p. 170, no. 64 (there Altenburger c. 1695 as an allegory of the Peace of Rijswijk 1697) as well as Silvia Glaser, Malerei und Feuerkunst, Sammlung Neuner, vol. 3, p. 14, no. 4.
