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Lot 301 Dα

An important Bremen Renaissance silver tankard

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 11:00 - Decorative Arts I (Silver)
Estimate: 20.000 € - 25.000 €
Result: 21.080 € (incl. premium)
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An important Bremen Renaissance silver tankard

The rounded basal rim decorated with cherub's heads amid scrollwork and fruit garlands. The cylindrical corpus with corresponding engraved scrollwork and strapwork decor and a fries of cherub's heads to the lower edge. The auriform handles with herms in relief. The domed hinged lid echoes the decor of the basal rim. Gadrooned finial and ornate thumb rest with figures in niches. Engraved to the underside with a house mark. H 23.5 cm, weight 858 g.
Marks of Tönnies Snacke, ca. 1610.

Provenance

Privatsammlung Dänemark.

Literature

For this type cf. an unmarked tankard in the Finnish National Museum illus. in cat.: Hopeaa, Silver in the Collections of the Nationalmuseum of Finland, Helsinki 2000, p. 14. Cf. a Bergen silver tankard in the Sveaas collection illus. in cat.: The Silver Treasure, Bergen 2009, no. 90. A further tankard in the National Museum in Oslo illus. in cat.: Silberglanz und Silbergier, Europäisches Hansemuseum, Lübeck 2016, p. 64, 75.