Lot #: 172
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. Please Contact Us for a Current, Accurate assessment of your items.
Three German Stoneware Mugs, Westerwald and Muskau origin, 18th and 19th centuries, one with elaborate incised decoration and pewter lid depicting "WITTELSBACHER PALACE IN MUNCHEN"; another with similar incised decoration and pewter lid depicting "BAVARIA IN RUHMESCHALLE"; and a third with applied floral and foliate motifs flanking an applied letter "R", above a heavily-scored body, with pewter lid. Restoration to tallest mug. Shorter cylindrical mug in excellent condition. Ovoid mug a few chips to rim area and a small tear to lid. H (of tallest) 9 1/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional 18th Century Westerwald Stoneware Pitcher w/ Incised Birds and Impressed Horses
Fine Stoneware Raeren with Triple Face Decoration, Belgian (previously German) origin, c1500
Exceptional Westerwald German Stoneware Jar w/ Leaping Stag Designs
Important Colonial American Stoneware Mug, Manhattan, NY or Cheesequake, NJ
Rare Bellarmine Stoneware Jug w/ Inscribed Body, probably Frechen, Germany, 16th century
Very Fine Early Manhattan Stoneware Jug with Incised Bird Decoration
