PAIR OF GERMAN CERAMIC STEINS - MULLION POTTERY AND WALDDENKMOL,

OVERVIEW:
A CHARMING PAIR OF GERMAN STONEWARE STEINS REPRESENTING TWO DISTINCT CERAMIC TRADITIONS OF THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES. THE LEFT STEIN BEARS THE IMPRESSED MARK OF MULLION POTTERY AND FEATURES A HAND-PAINTED SCENIC PANEL DEPICTING A TRADITIONAL HALF-TIMBERED COTTAGE WITH THATCHED ROOF, RENDERED IN WARM OCHRE AND BROWN TONES AGAINST A CREAM GROUND. THE RIGHT STEIN DISPLAYS ELABORATE RELIEF MOULDED DECORATION WITH ARCHITECTURAL AND FIGURATIVE ELEMENTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF GERMAN COMMEMORATIVE AND SOUVENIR WARE, WITH THE INSCRIPTION 'WALDDENKMOL' ENGRAVED TO THE BODY.

SPECIFICATIONS:

LEFT STEIN - MULLION POTTERY:
- MAKER: MULLION POTTERY
- MARK: IMPRESSED 'MULLION POTTERY' TO BASE
- DECORATION: HAND-PAINTED SCENIC PANEL SHOWING COTTAGE WITH THATCHED ROOF AND CLIMBING IVY, INSCRIBED 'ZU DIDT IN MULLION'
- HEIGHT: APPROXIMATELY 15 CM
- CONSTRUCTION: STONEWARE BODY WITH APPLIED HANDLE, METAL RIM BAND
- CONDITION: MINOR SURFACE WEAR TO GLAZE CONSISTENT WITH AGE, HANDLE SECURE, PATINA INTACT

RIGHT STEIN - WALDDENKMOL:
- INSCRIPTION: 'WALDDENKMOL' ENGRAVED TO BODY
- DECORATION: RELIEF MOULDED WITH ARCHITECTURAL VIGNETTES, FIGURES, AND ORNAMENTAL BORDERS
- HEIGHT: APPROXIMATELY 15 CM
- CONSTRUCTION: STONEWARE BODY WITH APPLIED HANDLE, METAL RIM BAND
- GLAZE: CRAZING VISIBLE TO SURFACE, CONSISTENT WITH AGE
- CONDITION: MINOR WEAR TO MOULDED RELIEF DETAILS, HANDLE SECURE, OXIDISED METAL FITTINGS

GENERAL CONDITION: BOTH STEINS DISPLAY HONEST AGE-RELATED WEAR. THE LEFT STEIN SHOWS MINIMAL RESTORATION HISTORY WITH ORIGINAL PATINA LARGELY INTACT. THE RIGHT STEIN EXHIBITS TYPICAL CRAZING TO THE GLAZE AND OXIDATION TO THE METAL RIM BAND, BOTH CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE. NO CHIPS OR CRACKS OBSERVED TO EITHER PIECE. BOTH HANDLES ARE SECURE AND ORIGINAL. THE METAL RIM BANDS SHOW NATURAL OXIDATION PATINA APPROPRIATE TO AGE.

THESE STEINS REPRESENT THE POPULAR GERMAN TRADITION OF COMMEMORATIVE AND SOUVENIR CERAMICS, WITH THE MULLION POTTERY EXAMPLE SUGGESTING ENGLISH PRODUCTION OR EXPORT MARKET, WHILST THE WALDDENKMOL STEIN REFLECTS THE GERMAN TRADITION OF ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL COMMEMORATION THROUGH DECORATIVE STONEWARE.

Item Size: Height: 15cm, Width: 10cm, Depth: 8cm, Weight: 2Kg

Condition: Good

548763+33

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