Pewter Mug - Saxony (?), 19th Century

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Beautiful cylindrical pewter MUG with relief decoration of four episodes from the life of the "Prodigal Son", a parable of Jesus according to Luc, his farewells, his escapades, the shepherd, and his return, accompanied by human masks, figures in terms and busts. The lid is topped with a spinning top and fitted with a molded S-shaped thumb rest, the base rests on three skates representing cherubs.
Height: 20.9 cm.
GERMANY (SAXONY?), 19th century

Spinning top of the lid re-welded and one skate consolidated.
Two examples are reproduced in: "Sächsisches Zinn des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts" by Günter Reinheckel, pages 143 and 192. This tmug comes from a mold from the end of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th century, it is identical in all respects to one of the models cited above.
The absence of a master founder's mark does not allow us to consider it with certainty as dating from the 1600s;
These objects with relief decoration called "Edelzinn" were not chiseled as we often hear but came "raw from the foundry" which supposed having a mold of high quality of definition and a great mastery of the casting technique.
The definition of the relief decoration of the mug presented here is of equal quality to that of its period ancestors.

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GUARANTEE

Former professor at IDETH (Institute of Technical and Historical Studies of the Art Object)
Former professor at the EAC (School of Art and Communication)
Former member of the UFE (French Union of Experts)
Expert specialist in pewter for more 40 years I guarantee the object is authentic described above.
A detailed descriptive invoice accompanied by a photograph will be given to the purchaser on request.

PAYMENT

- By French check payable to COMMENCHAL Jean-Claude
- By bank transfer payable to COMMENCHAL Jean-Claude
IBAN: FR76 3002 7160 2700 0206 4620 173
BIC: CMCIFRPP
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