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An exceptionally rare silver-gilt mounted tigerware jug, crafted during the Elizabethan period. This handsome jug is adorned with highly elaborate silver-gilt mounts, including a boldly repousséd hinged lid, which beautifully contrasts the mottled texture of the stoneware vessel. To find one of these extraordinary jugs, dating to over 400 years, is truly remarkable not only due to the fragility of the body, but also because these pieces were in fashion for a relatively short time, from approximately 1550 to 1630. Still in excellent condition, this jug is of exemplary artistry and craftsmanship. Hallmarked London, 1580. Tigerware is also known as salt-glazed stoneware, which is stoneware with a thin, clear glaze with a slightly pitted texture, produced by throwing salt into the kiln during firing. There are two basic types. Salt-glazed coarse stoneware was developed along the Rhine at Westerwald, Germany, for bottles and tankards, and was adapted by British potters such as John Dwight of Fulham in the late 17th century. $74,500.00