A GERMAN SILVER-GILT PEG TANKARD

Lot 29
06.02.2025 00:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
ID 1360269
Lot 29 | A GERMAN SILVER-GILT PEG TANKARD
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 80 000
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT PEG TANKARD
MARK OF JULIUS TISCHER THE YOUNGER, HAMBURG, 1661-1673
Of octagonal straight-sided form on domed base engraved with a band of slender interlaced scrolls and swags with bellflowers at angles, the body applied with molded rib and engraved with borders of foliate scrolls and later Russian inscription dated 1816, with tubular scroll handle with conforming engraved decoration and with heart-shaped terminal, the hinged double domed cover also with conforming decoration and tapering faceted thumbpiece, the top later engraved with Cyrillic cypher TA and princely crown, underside with makers mark and town mark
12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm.) high
53 oz. 18 dwt. (1,676 gr.)
The later Russian inscription translates as, To our salutary chief from his grateful subordinates 30 August 1816.




Provenance

With S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, by 1971.
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, 19 April 1976.



Literature

E. Schliemann, Die Goldschmiede Hamburgs, Hamburg, 1985, no. 234, p. 189 (the later engraved date incorrectly recorded as 1806).
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 41, pp. 184-185.
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