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Lot 1013 D‡α

A large silver-mounted ivory tankard with Saint Florian

Auction 1117 - overview Cologne
16.11.2018, 15:00 - Treasures from a Lower Saxon Collection
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
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A large silver-mounted ivory tankard with Saint Florian

The foot rim and domed lid decorated with twisted flame motifs. The ivory corpus carved with a continuous scene of an ancient Greek cavalry battle. The finial formed as a figure of Saint Florian. H 29 cm.
Marked in the manner of Johann Mittnacht and with Augsburg assay mark (both not in Seling). Presumably Augsburg circa 1700, with later ammendments.

Provenance

Acquired from Christie’s Geneva, 26th April 1977, lot 200.