A Siegburg stoneware jug with silver-gilt mount c.1600

A Siegburg stoneware jug with silver-gilt mount c.1600, the globular body with vertical carved diaper panels (kerbschnitt) above a band of moulded lappets, the narrow cylindrical neck applied with mythical and animal masks, the silver-gilt mount with chased decoration, the mount perhaps later or associated, 16cm.

Provenance: from a private collection in Wiltshire.

Cf. David Gaimster, German Stoneware, p.179, No. 17 for a similar example.