Massive rare Hannoversch-Munden Faience tankard, ca. 1790
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Directory: Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: Low Countries: Pottery: Pre 1800: Item # 1445619
Directory: Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: Low Countries: Pottery: Pre 1800: Item # 1445619
$375.00
A rare handpainted Majorlica or Faiance tankard, depicting a landscape with a mill, polychrome, Hannoversch-Munden, Germany, later 18th. century AD.
Tankards this massive with such nice painting from this period are rare!
Size: Approx 20 cm. tall and 20 cm. wide across the handle - s a really massive mug that could have contained at least a liter.
Condition: Choice for the early type, intact and unrepaired but with two chips to the rim with corresponding hairlines
Very impressive and attractive in hand and with glossy glaze.
Provenance: The Estate of Carl-Johan Hummeltoft (1958-2020), Birkerød, Denmark. Carl-Johan was a vivid collector and among other areas, he held an impressive collection of early European pottery and metal items.
Tankards this massive with such nice painting from this period are rare!
Size: Approx 20 cm. tall and 20 cm. wide across the handle - s a really massive mug that could have contained at least a liter.
Condition: Choice for the early type, intact and unrepaired but with two chips to the rim with corresponding hairlines
Very impressive and attractive in hand and with glossy glaze.
Provenance: The Estate of Carl-Johan Hummeltoft (1958-2020), Birkerød, Denmark. Carl-Johan was a vivid collector and among other areas, he held an impressive collection of early European pottery and metal items.
