A RARE GERMAN SMALL BRASS EWER

A RARE GERMAN SMALL BRASS EWER

NUREMBERG, C.1580

of elegant ovoid form, with a short waist and shallow domed foot with reeded rim, the exaggerated spout moulded on the underside with a Bacchus mask, the high 'S' shape handle with flower cast circular terminal

27cm high

Catalogue Note

For a similar example see the Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, London, FD 2149; FD 2150, 128-1864. See also British Museum Collection, London, for an ornate example, produced in silver, but of similar form and attributed to Nuremberg, acc. No. WB 91.