Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 57
A Cologne/Frechen pewter-mounted bellarmine (Bartmannskrug), circa 1525-50
2 July 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A Cologne/Frechen pewter-mounted bellarmine (Bartmannskrug), circa 1525-50
Applied with a bearded mask below the rim, above a rose motif, a horizontal band along the body twice inscribed UND:FRUM:IST:MIN:RICHTU, alternating acanthus leaves and circular portrait medallions above and below, 20.5cm high (rim crack, handle reconstructed and foot restored)
Footnotes
A similar bellarmine with an inscribed horizontal band is in the Kustgewerbemuseum Cologne (illustrated by G. Reineking von Bock, Steinzeug (1986), nos.285, 318 and 319).
