A Nuremberg silver gilt tankard

A Nuremberg silver gilt tankard

Slightly tapering vessel on a thick basal ring. Decorated with finely engraved flowers and raised gadroons. The domed lid with corresponding decor and a model of a swan as a finial. The thumbrest and handle with cherub's heads. H 18 cm, weight 552 g.
Marks of Thomas II Stör, circa 1630 - 50.

Literature

Cf. a large centrepiece by Stör in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Kassel, illustrated in cat. Wenzel Jamnitzer und die Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst, Nürnberg 1985, Nr. 149; and a grape chalice by the maker illustrated in cat.GNM 2017, no. 423.