Apostelkrug

A Stoneware Tankard

Creussen, dated 1662

Brown, salt-glazed stoneware, embellished in enamels and gilding. Hallmarked pewter cover and base. Cylindrical form with a slightly flared foot and retracted rim, ear-shaped handles with lion mask and palmette thumbpiece. Relief decorated with a frieze of Christ flanked by the twelve apostles, separated by lilies of the valley and rosettes, scrolled borders. The foot rim dated and inscribed with a toast, "WER AVS MIR TRINCKT ZV IDER ZEIT, DEM GESEGNE ES DIE H. DREIFALTIGKEIT ANNO 1662". H. 18 cm.
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