Siegburg Stoneware Armorial Flagon 'Schnelle' with Applied Reliefs

20TH CENTURY A.D.

12 7/8 in. (1.41 kg, 32.7 cm).

Slender tubular glazed ceramic vessel with ribbed neck and base, loop handle; applied vertical columns decorated in typical North European Renaissance manner with low-relief floral, foliate and tendril ornaments and medallions; the upper medallion with double-headed Imperial eagle ('Reichsadler'), the medallion in the centre depicting Charlemagne, first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, bearded and in armour, holding the globus cruciger in his left and a sceptre in his right; monogram of the potter 'E.K.' on the left, 'CAROLVS' on the right, the lower monogram showing a coat of arms with fleurs de lis, above '1581'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Footnotes

High-quality reproduction of a 16th-century Siegburg (near Cologne, Germany) stoneware beer drinking vessel.

CONDITION

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LOT 2562