Circa 1580-1610 A.D. A salt-glazed stoneware baluster jug decorated with friezes of stamped and applied moulded motifs, with roundels and pseudo-heraldic designs to the neck, stylised leaves encircling the shoulder, panels depicting a peasant dance to the body, 'GERHET :DV :MVS :DAPER :BLASEN :SO :DANSSEN :DI :BVREN :ALS :WEREN :SI :RASEN :FRS :VF :SPRICH :BASTOR :ICH :VER :DANS :DI :KAP :MIT :KOR' below, roughly translating as: 'Gerard you must blow mightily; the boors dance as if they were mad; up speaks the pastor, I dance away my cowl and surplus.'; Raeren, now Belgium. Cf. The Fitzwilliam Museum, accession number C.2034-1928, for very similar. 877 grams, 21.8 cm high (8 5/8 in.). Acquired 1980s-1990s. Collection of M. Cummings, Lincolnshire, UK. Accompanied by an old dealer's catalogue card with reference: 'Ref. 667 / 1112 / £590.' The band of dancing figures was derived from Das Bauerenfest (The Peasant Festival) series of prints by Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550).