Gold Boxes, Ceramics & Silver
Gold Boxes, Ceramics & Silver
Lot Closed
May 26, 01:28 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A German parcel-gilt silver tankard
makers mark double struck IM..H, apparently Nuremberg
probably 19th century
armorial engraved and etched with Moresque strapwork around chased fruit clusters on matting, hinged cover centred by a rare medal dated 1544 from the Bohemian Milicz workshop, of Jacob and Rachel on one side, and Jacob’s dream on the other, inscribed in Latin Servivit Sibi Dum Rachel Amica Est Genesis XXIX and Ad Duo Lustra Duos Bis Annos Sanctus Iacob MDXXXIIII, Bacchus finial and caryatid monster handle
15cm., 6in. high
787gr., 25oz. 6dwt.,
For a similar tankard ascribed to Hungary late 16th century, see: Judit H. Kolba, Hungarian Silver, The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection, London, 1996, no. 10