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A porcelain beer mug with silver fittings and cover, Dermany/Denmark, 18th century.

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8 000 - 10 000 SEK
780 - 975 EUR
906 - 1 130 USD
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Unsold
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Linn Andersson Bennich
Stockholm
Linn Andersson Bennich
Assisting Specialist Works of Art
+46 (0)707 88 84 75
A porcelain beer mug with silver fittings and cover, Dermany/Denmark, 18th century.

Cylindrical. Fluted relief and decoration in underglaze blue with mussel pattern, with a curved handle. Silver fittings and cover with a medallion inscripted "NUPSISTI ES BINUS TE BE ET UNUS AMOR" featuring a pair of lovers, decorated with a pine cone. Indistinct silver hallmark ”HGB 17??” Hans Grønbech (1712-50, active 1735-45) Copenhagen. Height 19 cm.

Repairs.

Provenance

From the collection of Börje Johansson, a Swedish private collector, who focused on the most rare pieces from the famous Musselmalet service from Royal Copenhagen. He collected 1 000 objects for 20 years and now Bukowskis are entrusted to sell over 700 items in three auctions. The first part is offered online in November 2024, eighteen of the most spectacular pieces are to be sold at the Important Winter Sale 661, the last part of the collection will be offered in March 2025. The main focus in Börje Johanssons collection has been individual interesting pieces and not the full services. This is a collection comprising some of the earliest and most desirable Musselmalet items, but also later interesting collectibles, each piece made with the recognized and loved craftmanship of Royal Copenhagen, Den Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik.

Literature

Kongeligt Porcelæn 1775-1820 Blåmålet porcelæn fra Den Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik, Dorenfeldt, København 2004, p. 67 referred to as "ølkrus riflet model dekoreret med Musselmønster."