07-18-201507-18-2015
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July 18, 2015 10:00 AMCalender
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Three Bellarmine Stoneware Jugs

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Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2835BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 18, 2015 10:00AM

Description:

Three Bellarmine Stoneware Jugs, Germany, 17th century, each with narrow neck, relief of a long-bearded man opposite the handle, on bulbous body; one with overall brown-gray mottled glaze and relief of coat-of-arms Amsterdam, ht. 8 1/4; one with relief of a rampant lion, ht. 8 3/4; and one with relief of a ten-petal rosette medallion, ht. 8 1/8 in.

Note: Similar examples showing the coat-of-arms Amsterdam and ten-petal rosette medallion are found in Salt-glazed Stoneware in Early America, by Janine E. Skerry and Suzanne Findlen Hood, pp. 18-19.

Provenance: The Sara and Bob Hunt Collection of Early English Oak.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Two with old restorations to neck and handle. One with heavy chipping to rim, foot and handle.


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Keywords

Amsterdam, Germany, Janine E. Skerry, Bob Hunt