Rare stoneware pitcher, turned, stamped and enameled in blac - Lot 237

Lot n° 237
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Rare stoneware pitcher, turned, stamped and enameled in blac - Lot 237
Rare stoneware pitcher, turned, stamped and enameled in black and white on a gray ground, decorated with flowers, oak leaves and a frieze of pearls. Pewter lid with scalloped rim, floral decoration in relief and winged cherub head. Germany, Saxony, Freiberg, third third of the 17th century lid; attributed to Samuel Günter, (active in Freiberg between 1659 and 1682) H. 20 cm The shape and black-and-white enamel decoration of this pitcher are typical of Freiberg production in the 1660s and 1680s. A pitcher of identical shape and decoration, but also glazed in yellow and blue (inv n° M2440) (fig a), and a mug with a brown base but the same decoration (inv n° M 2442) (fig b) are in the collections of the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts. Mugs and pitchers from Freiberg often feature a cast and chased pewter lid with floral decoration from the workshop of the pewter potter Samuel Günter.
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