An Augsburg parcel gilt silver tankard
An Augsburg parcel gilt silver tankard
Cylindrical body decorated throughout with amoretti making music, the footring and domed lid with applied lobate mascarons. The scroll handle with conforming decor and thumb piece, the baluster form finial surmounted by a foliate sprig. Partially regilt. H 21 cm, weight 1136 g.
Marks of David I Schwestermüller, 1651 - 54.
Provenance
Private collection, Baden.
Literature
Cf. an almost identical tankard by this maker illus. in: Seling 1980, no. 426. Cf. also a tankard in the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm, illus. in cat.: European Silver 1500 - 1850, Stockholm 2013, no. 190.
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An Augsburg parcel gilt silver tankard
Cylindrical body decorated throughout with amoretti making music, the footring and domed lid with applied lobate mascarons. The scroll handle with conforming decor and thumb piece, the baluster form finial surmounted by a foliate sprig. Partially regilt. H 21 cm, weight 1136 g.
Marks of David I Schwestermüller, 1651 - 54.
Provenance
Private collection, Baden.
Literature
Cf. an almost identical tankard by this maker illus. in: Seling 1980, no. 426. Cf. also a tankard in the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm, illus. in cat.: European Silver 1500 - 1850, Stockholm 2013, no. 190.
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