GERMAN PEWTER BARREL-FORM LAVABO OR WALL CISTERN,Christoph Wagner, circa 1825. Maker's mark on lid. 2 sets of 6 lines encircling the body and a brass spigot attached to the body of the lavabo by being inserted in the mouth of a cast pewter lion's head. Touchmark. - 12 1/2 in. Estimate $800-1,200
See "Nurnberger Zinngiesser" by Erwin Hintze, Vol. II, mark no. 521. An identical example is pictured in "Zinn, Katalog der Samlung des Schweizerischen Landesmuseums Zurich" by Hugo Schneider, p. 315, fig. 1044.
