Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 9th September 2014

Lot 46

A Westerwald stoneware Royal jug c.1690

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1600

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Description

A Westerwald stoneware Royal jug c.1690, applied with a roundel of King William III, titled around the portrait with 'WILHELMVS III. DG. MA BRI. FRA. ET HIB. REX' (William III, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland), reserved on a ground of incised and applied stylized tulips and other flowers reserved on manganese glaze, 20.5cm.

Provenance: from a private collection in Wiltshire.

Cf. David Gaimster, German Stoneware, pl.121 for an identical example.