Catalog: Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Pottery (8)

An attractive German stoneware pouring jug, Westerwald, ca. 1780-1820 AD.

Jug with cobalt glaze of floral motifs, original pewter lid with owners initials, no stamps.

Size: 30,5 cm tall.

Condition: Choice, intact with no repairs. Closed hairline at one side of the body.

Provenance: The Estate of Carl-johan Hummeltoft (1958-2020), Birkerød, Denmark...

A lovely salt-glazed brown ceramic Jug with full pewter mount, Germany, 18th. century AD.

A gem of a German brown glazed jug with twisted, rilled corpus and a finely made pewter lid and mount over handle and footring. Rare jug engraved in 1787 on lid, probably somehwt earlier manifacture around 1770s.

Size: 31 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine for this type, no cracks or hairlines, no repairs and a finely preserved lid.

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A superb quality Early German salt-glazed stoneware pottery tankard, Raeren, Germany, ca. 1800s type.

Greyware with brown saltglaze and a ribbed decoration on the body.

Pewter lid. Stamped on the inside of the lid with makersmarks, dated 1830.

Size: 21,8 cm.

Condition: Choice for type, completely intact with micro ding to the body, no repair or damage...

An exceptional bellarmine jug or Bartmannskrug as they are called in Europe. Made in Germany, cologne region, probably Frechen, late 16th. century AD., and exported to Holland, as it's bearing a medallion with the Coat of Arms of Amsterdam.

On the globular jug, a strong head of a bearded man with classic naturalistic features. Below the long beard, an oval medallion with the crowned coat of arms. Fine Tiger-glaze ware piece...

A very nice and intact bellarmine jug or Bartmannskrug as they are called in Europe, c. 1660-1680.

A fearsome head on the neck of a bearded man with fangs as teeth. Below is a floral medallion. Fine Tiger-glaze ware piece...

A superb 'Bartmanns Krug', Germany, Rhineland, probably Cologne, 16th.-early 17th. century AD.

Exceptional quality 'tigerskin' glazing, nice details and typical of the later renaissance German wine or beer jugs.

Size: 20,5 cm. tall and 14-15 cm. wide.

Condition: Extremely fine for type, no repairs.

Ex. Old Danish Estate collection.

Very large and impressive brown-glazed Bartmannskrug or Bellarmine Jug, Raeren, Germany c. Late 17th.- early 18th century AD.

The jug with lovely warm brown glaze and a detailed bartmann on the neck and a small ring handle.

Size: c. 42 cm. tall!

Condition: Extremely fine, completely intact!

Provenance: The Estate of Carl-johan Hummeltoft (1958-2020), Birkerød, Denmark...

A important rare massive size German stoneware pouring jug, Westerwald, ca. 1780-1820 AD.

Jug with cobalt glaze of floral motifs with a birds wing, original pewter lid with no stamps. Fantastic size and very decorative, a must for collectors of early German pottery.

Size: 38-39 cm.

Condition: Superb, noting to remark, unusually nice condition for such a large old Westerwald jug...