Art auctions in the world. Autumn 23

Ahlden/Aller - 9-09-2023

Rare Waltz Jug with Coat of Arms of the Electorate of Bavaria

337 200.00

Faience. Cobalt blue sharp fire decoration. On display is the coat of arms framed by palm fronds, with the electoral hat, the handle horizontally banded. Pewter mounting, the lid with a ball pusher, on the lid's upper side an inset relief medallion with a scenic depiction of a rider breaking a horse in front of a house, bidding farewell to a woman and saying "I travel away from this place". Glaze on the handle and lip edge damaged. Height 21.8 cm. A jug with a similarly soft painted, Kurbaierisch coat of arms and corresponding handle banding from the only existing manufacture in Donauwörth from around 1740/41, is located in the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven. See Detlev Ellmers: "Prestige Objects of the Fishermen, Sailors, and Raftsmen (...)", in "Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv", 29/2006, pp. 283-306, fig. 1, 3-4. A Bavarian pewter-mounted blue and white faience tankard with the coat of arms of the Electorate of Bavaria. Minor glaze chips to handle and rim. Southern German, probably Donauwörth. Around 1740/41.

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