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The 1598 Mennicken Jug as Witness to late 16th century Political Alliances of the Holy Roman Empire <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Raeren stoneware frieze jug from 1598, crafted in Jan Baldems Mennicken’s workshop, represents a remarkable convergence of artistic craftsmanship and political symbolism. The elaborate heraldic decoration featuring the coats of arms of the Elector of Cologne, the city of Speyer, and the city of Cologne is refering to the complex political landscape of the Holy Roman Empire at the close of the 16th century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Raeren Stoneware Frieze Jug dated 1598, Workshop Jan Baldems Mennicken, H. 36 cm <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coat of arms of the Elector of Cologne and the city of Speyer, as well as the coat of arms of the city of Cologne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Mennicken Workshop: Masters of Raeren Stoneware<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

JAN BALDEMS MENNICKEN<\/em> operated (1589 – 1613) one of the most prestigious pottery workshops in Raeren during the late 16th century. It had established itself as a leading center for high-quality stoneware production.
The Mennicken family represented master potters who had developed sophisticated techniques for creating intricate relief decorations that transformed functional vessels into works of art. Jan Baldems is the third of Raeren’s most renowned potters and son and apprentice of Baldem Mennicken<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heraldry: The Elector of Cologne<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Wappen des Kurf\u00fcrstentums K\u00f6ln seit circa 1530. Die vier Felder von links oben im Uhrzeigersinn stehen f\u00fcr das Rheinische Erzstift, Herzogtum Westfalen, Grafschaft Arnsberg, Herzogtum Engern. Das schwarze Kreuz auf wei\u00dfem (silbernem) Grund, bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt Wappen des ganzen Erzstifts und bis heute des Erzbistums, hier in der seit 1989 f\u00fcr das Erzbistum gebr\u00e4uchlichen Form. (Hansgeorg Molitor, Das Ezbistum K\u00f6ln im Zeitalter der Glaubensk\u00e4mpfe 1515-1688, K\u00f6ln 2008, S.70)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

source: Frank Engel (Bonn\/G\u00f6ttingen) Portal Rheinische Geschichte<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Above the coat of arms of the Electorate of Cologne since around 1530, featuring a quartered shield representing clockwise from top left represent the Archbishopric of the Rhine, the Duchy of Westphalia, the County of Arnsberg and the Duchy of Engern. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heraldry: The Imperial City of Speyer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Wilking, Reinhold: Wappen der Stadt Speyer 1549: Aus: Sebastian M\u00fcnster, Cosmographia 1550, 1925<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.deutschefotothek.de\/documents\/obj\/71852548<\/a>

\u00a9 Pfalzbibliothek Kaiserslautern \/ Wilking, Reinhold
Lizenz: Rechte vorbehalten – Freier Zugang.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Above the coat of arms of Speyer features a single central gate tower, representing the city’s status as an imperial free city. Though smaller than Cologne, Speyer held particular importance in the Holy Roman Empire as the seat of the Imperial Chamber Court (Reichskammergericht) from 1526 to 1688, making it a center of imperial justice and administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heraldry: The Free Imperial City of Cologne<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The coat of arms of Cologne displays the distinctive three crowns<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1475, Cologne was officially recognized as a Free Imperial City, a status that granted it significant autonomy within the Holy Roman Empire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cologne Coat of Arms 1527<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K%C3%B6lner_Wappen#\/media\/Datei:K%C3%B6lner_Wappen_mit_L%C3%B6we_und_Greif_als_Wappenhalter_1527.png<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Museum Reference Object Collection British Museum London<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Stoneware jug with pewter lid and base mounts; brown salt-glaze; neck frieze – grotesque roundel-framed busts separated by chain and floral relief; shoulder decorated with roulette bands, 2 rows of stamped palmettes and bars; between frieze and shoulder rouletted floral scroll; lower body – radiating grooved bars; body frieze – medallion of Arms of K\u00f6ln and lions terminated by armorial medallions and serpent with acanthus scroll relief, below inscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 The Trustees of the British Museum https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/collection\/image\/292551001<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Museum Reference Collection Museum f\u00fcr angewandte Kunst K\u00f6ln (MAKK)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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364 WAPPEN-KRUG FARB-TAF. IV

Braunes, salzglasiertes Steinzeug
RAEREN, Jan Baldems Mennicken, datiert 1598 H. 31 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

source: Gisela Reineking von Bock: Steinzeug. Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt K\u00f6ln. (today MAKK)
K\u00f6ln 1976<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Page 246 and Farbtafel IV<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n


Text to the photo above (page 246): Auf dem zylinderf\u00f6rmigen Bauchfries zwischen reichem Ranken werk auf der Vorderseite im gro\u00dfen Rundfeld das Wappen der Stadt K\u00f6ln von zwei L\u00f6wen gehalten, links davon das Wappen des Kurf\u00fcrsten von K\u00f6ln und rechts davon das der Stadt Speyer. Als unterer Abschlu\u00df ein Inschriftenfries: DIT IS EINE KUNST, DIE KVMPT AVS GOTTES GVNST. WER DIE KUNST NOCH SO SCHON, SO MOSSEN SEI SICH GEFFEN ZV DEN DOT 1598. Am Hals zwischen Akanthusbl\u00e4ttern mit Rollwerk Mascarons und K\u00f6pfe in Ovalfeldern. (Gisela Reineking von Bock: Steinzeug. Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt K\u00f6ln 1976)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literature<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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German stoneware, 1200-1900 : archaeology and cultural history : containing a guide to the collections of the British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, and Museum of London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Gaimster, David R. M<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online access at Internet archive with this link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/germanstoneware10000gaim<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gisela Reineking von Bock: Steinzeug. Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt K\u00f6ln.
K\u00f6ln 1976.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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