A Thuringian faience tankard with a double-headed eagle
A Thuringian faience tankard with a double-headed eagle
With a large imperial eagle in manganese below the inscription "17 VIVAT CAROLUS DER VII 36". Blue W mark with a dash. With a restored crack, the handle reattached. With later pewter mountings. H with thumbrest 26.8 cm.
Erfurt, decor by Johann Jacob Wunderlich, 1736.
Prince Elector Charles I of Bavaria (1697 - 1745) was crowned Emperor on 24th January 1742 and ascended the throne of the Holy Roman Emperor as Charles VII.
Provenance
Private collection, Lower Saxony.
Literature
Illus. in: Schwarze, Alte deutsche Fayencekrüge, Wuppertal 1980, p. 157, illus. 404.
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A Thuringian faience tankard with a double-headed eagle
With a large imperial eagle in manganese below the inscription "17 VIVAT CAROLUS DER VII 36". Blue W mark with a dash. With a restored crack, the handle reattached. With later pewter mountings. H with thumbrest 26.8 cm.
Erfurt, decor by Johann Jacob Wunderlich, 1736.
Prince Elector Charles I of Bavaria (1697 - 1745) was crowned Emperor on 24th January 1742 and ascended the throne of the Holy Roman Emperor as Charles VII.
Provenance
Private collection, Lower Saxony.
Literature
Illus. in: Schwarze, Alte deutsche Fayencekrüge, Wuppertal 1980, p. 157, illus. 404.
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