A dramatic silver-mounted carved ivory hunting tankard, German, circa 1875

the barrel carved in high relief with lions attacking Ottoman travellers, the silver lid and base rim embossed and chased with further lively hunting scenes interspersed with scrolls, silver caryatid handle terminating in a horse's hoof, the finial as a warrior bearing the double-headed eagle emblem of the Holy Roman Empire on his shield, earlier German prestige marks  

finial knight lacking sword, traces of repair on silver base, ivory in good condition, small crack to one lion's manne and filled crack above.
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For an all ivory carved tankard decorated with the same subject, see Sotheby's Belgravia, 15 April 1980, lot 144.