A rare Braunschweig faience tankard with a harlequin

A rare Braunschweig faience tankard with a harlequin

Decorated with a surreal figure in a large foliate oval cartouche, the rims with garlands. Blue mark VH R. The defective pewter mountings with unidentified marks. The lid with the impression of a reichstaler coin inscribed "CAROL. XII. DG. REX. SVECIAE". H with thumbrest 24.5 cm.
Von Horn manufactory, c. 1720 - 30.

Provenance

Private collection, Lower Saxony, acquired in 1996 from von Negelein art dealers.