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LOT 0413
Medieval Globular Tripod Jug
GERMANY, LOWER SAXONY (?), 14TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/2 in. (1.05 kg, 21.5 cm high).
Wheel-thrown vessel with oblate profile, three small flange feet, rounded mouth with inturned rim and short pinched spout, ribbed strap handle to the rear' inked accession number to the underside: 'W.M. V.16.'; old card catalogue label with remains of wax seal and handwritten 'V / No.16' and pencilled 'Welfen Museum'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceWelfen Museum, circa 1860; thence by descent at Marienburg Castle, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
with Sotheby's, Royal House of Hanover Sale, 10 October 2005, no.1254.
Accompanied by an old card catalogue label with remains of wax seal and handwritten 'V / No.16' and pencilled 'Welfen Museum'.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous cataloguing page.
Evidence of soot accretion to the underside, implying use on or beside a hearth.
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