Lot 1662 D α

A Kulmbach tankard with hunting motifs

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 17:30 - Decorative Arts - Furniture
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 2.772 € (incl. premium)

A Kulmbach tankard with hunting motifs

Wooden tankard mounted with engraved pewter, presumably with the original wood to the interior. Thumb rest slightly dented. H 17 cm.
Tentatively attributed to Johann Georg Meyer the Elder, early 18th C.

Literature

Cf. Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst SKD, inv. no. F 3637.
Cf. Thormann, Zunftzinn und Zunftsilber im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg 1991, fig. 48.
A very similar jug, attributed to the same master, sold by Lempertz Cologne, Auction 1075 on 18th November 2016, lot 712.