A miniature Augsburg silver tankard - image-1
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Lot 1028 Dα

A miniature Augsburg silver tankard

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 4.000 € - 4.300 €
Result: 5.000 € (incl. premium)

A miniature Augsburg silver tankard

Parcel gilt cylidrical tankard with a solid silver scroll handle, the outer surface decorated with repoussé flowerheads and acanthus. The domed lid with a floral finial. H 8.5 cm, weight 152 g.
Marks of Marx Merzenbach, 1663 - 1666.

Literature

Cf. a pitcher by this maker in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illus. in Seling 1980, no. 112.