A German slip-decorated inscribed pottery dish with a ploughing farmer, Lower Rhine region, 2nd half 18th C.

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This lot was sold on 2021-06-26 and is no longer available

Dia.: 43,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In good condition.
- Some superficial scratches and negligible superficial glaze loss along the rim.

Inscribed: 'Bemenden Ackerman den mit Sijnder ploegen Het Land bauen kan wander niet en wort geplogt of gebouwt soo worden van ganst geen goet Beir gebroud'.

Ref.: Scholten-Neess, Jüttner, Düsseldorf, 1971: Niederrheinische Töpferei, image 119, for a nearly identical example dated 1789. (see last image)

Price incl. premium: € 3.825,00