18th Century German Salt Glaze Tobacco Jar with Pewter Mounts

Very interesting 18th century Spanish ceramic wine or oil storage jar with wonderful olive green glaze with raised leaf and floral design ...

18th Italian Baroque carved rock crystal crucifix with silver Corpus of Christ flaked by male and female attendants on either side. The stepped base deco...

Origin: Delft Date: Second half of the 18th century Workshop unknown A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of snuff tobacco. The brand name: F Rappe, is painted in ...

Pewter Purim dish, Germany, late 18th century. The outer rim has wriggle-work engraving stating “and of sending portions one to another and gifts to the poor” (Esther 9:22). Interspersed between some of the words are depictions of foliage and flowers. Large decorative star in which the very center has three interlocking fish. This dish was used for the custom of sending gifts of food to friends or neighbors during Purim. In Central Europe, nuts and candied or dried fruit were the usual treats extended. The astrological symbol of the month of Adar, in which Purim falls out on, are fish, which is why that is featured in the center. 18th century pewter Purim dishes are much more scarce than 18th century pewter Passover...