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Creussen - STONE APOSTLE JUG WITH CENTRAL COAT OF ARMS. STONE APOSTLE JUG WITH CENTRAL COAT OF ARMS. Creussen. Date: Dated 1696. Technique: Brown, salt-glazed stoneware with polychrome enamel decor, the robes of the apostles partly heightened in gold. Hinged pewter lid. Description: The twelve apostles on a grass base between beaded rings with relief ornament. Each inscribed above them in a white band. On the lower edge a revolving motto ”Drinck mich auß und schenck mich wieder ein dass du erfrischst daß herze dein”. Measurement: Height 21cm. Mark: Dated 1696 under the top of the handle. Provenance: Estate of Wilhelm Zersch, former tenant of the Fürstliche Brauerei Bad Köstritz. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 30,25 Euro plus 5,75 Euro VAT EU: 46,22 Euro plus 8,78 Euro VAT Worldwide: 92,44 Euro plus 17,56 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Explanations to the Catalogue Creussen Germany Ceramics / Fayence / Stoneware 17th century