THE INTEMPERANCE TANKARD: AN AMERICAN SILVER COVERED TANKARD

Lot 584
20.01.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Event locationUSA, New York
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Lot 584 | THE INTEMPERANCE TANKARD: AN AMERICAN SILVER COVERED TANKARD
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$ 15 000 – 20 000
THE INTEMPERANCE TANKARD: AN AMERICAN SILVER COVERED TANKARD

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK 550 BROADWAY, CIRCA 1860, DESIGNED BY FRIEDRICH AUGUST MORITZ RETZSCH

Tapering cylindrical form, the body modeled and chased all over with boisterous scenes of men and women engaging in acts of debauchery and drunkenness against ribbon and scrolling vines of hops, the handle formed as bifurcated grapevines, the thumbpiece as two figures imbibing while wrestling, the spout formed as a figure climbing to catch drips of ale, the conforming hinged domed cover with bud finial, marked on underside with Broadway mark and numbered 574-6377

9 in. (22.8 cm.) high

44 oz. 12 dwt. (1,387 gr.)

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