ID 1360281
Lot 10 | A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 80 000
UNMARKED, PROBABLY NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1540
Of slightly tapering cylindrical form on molded rim foot, the body with applied mid rib and engraved with two bands of arabesques and scrolling foliage after Heinrich Aldegraver, the cover similarly engraved and centered by a circular plaque enameled with accolé coats-of-arms, the tubular scroll handle with lobed knops and terminating in a scroll flanked by flowerheads, with bifurcated scroll and flower thumbpiece, apparently unmarked
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high
16 oz. 14 dwt. (519 gr.)
The dexter coat-of-arms is possibly that of Weisin of Mecklenburg, the sinister coat-of-arms is unidentified.
Provenance
A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 15 November 1967, lot 109.
Acquired from Frank Partridge & Sons Ltd., London, 17 January 1968.
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 8, pp. 88-90.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Category: | Tankards |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Category: | Tankards |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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