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A Krautstrunk beaker, probably German, late 15th or early 16th century
21 May 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,500 inc. premium
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A Krautstrunk beaker, probably German, late 15th or early 16th century
Of bluish-green tint, the barrel-shaped body applied with three uneven rows of large pointed prunts below a thin applied band defining the everted rim, supported on an applied pincered footrim, kick-in base, 10.2cm high (minor chip to pincered footrim)
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Provenance: The Overduin Collection
The Anton Vecht Collection, sold by Sotheby's London, 10 November 1938, lot 65
With Kunstzalen A. Vecht, sold 5 July 2005
The Krautstrunk takes its name from the pointed prunts that give the vessel the appearance of a cabbage stalk. They were used widely as sturdy drinking vessels throughout Germany and neighbouring regions during the late 15th and early 16th centuries, until they were gradually replaced by the Berkemeyer. They were sometimes employed as containers for relics, such as bones or objects associated with saints, which were venerated by pilgrims and other believers. For a discussion of Krautstrunk beakers see Erwin Baumgartner and Ingeborg Kreuger, Phönix aus sand und Asche: Glas des Mittelalters (1988), pp. 336-351 and cats. 403 and 404, and also Rainer Rückert, Die Glassammlung des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums München (1982), pp. 45-46, cats. 14-15 and pl. 4. Similar beakers are also illustrated by Brigitte Klesse, Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln: Glas (1963), pp. 60-61, cats. 76-78, and by David Whitehouse, Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes and Peasants (2010), pp. 185-191, cats. 75-77, 79 and 81. A very similar Krautstrunk was sold by Christie's London, 6 December 2012, lot 120.