A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD

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10.02.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 710995
Lot 82 | A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
Cylindrical tapering and with scroll handle, female bust and foliate scroll thumbpiece, the hinged domed cover inset with a medallion engraved with a merchant's mark within a shield beneath the letters VP and the date 1564, the body engraved overall with strapwork and applied with three cast cartouches, the first depicting a figure kneeling before a flaming altar, the second depicting a female figure and the third a female figure being presented by a solider to a seated king, the cover applied with a cast band of putti and sea monsters, the underside of the base inset with an oval gnadenpfenning dated 1602, marked on footrim
57/8 in. (15 cm.) high
17 oz. 10 dwt. (546 gr.)
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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