Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 9th September 2014
Lot 41
A good Siegburg stoneware mug with contemporary English silver mount 16th century
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2400
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Description
A good Siegburg stoneware mug with contemporary English silver mount 16th century, the globular body with vertical carved diaper panels (kerbschnitt) below the narrow cylindrical neck applied with mythical and animal masks, the wide silver mount engraved with foliate scrolls and the initials GI and MB, 13.8cm.
Provenance: from a private collection in Wiltshire.
Cf. David Gaimster, German Stoneware, p.179, no.17 for a similar example.