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Lot 709 Dα

An Augsburg Renaissance silver gilt tankard

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
15.05.2018, 17:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 10.000 € - 14.000 €
Result: 11.160 € (incl. premium)

An Augsburg Renaissance silver gilt tankard

Conical body with C-shaped handle on a moulded base. Decorated throughout with finely embossed and chased fruit swag decor amid scrollwork and shellwork. The corresponding lid with baluster form finial, the thumbrest formed as a cherub. 15.5 cm, weight 386 g.
Marks of Uriel Keesborer, 1616 - 20.

Literature

For this type cf. a tankard in the Huelsmann collection, illus. in cat.: Europäisches Kunsthandwerk 1500 - 1800, Bielefeld 1986, p. 120.