LIDDED TANKARD Augsburg, 1685–1687. Maker's mark: Israel Thelott.

LIDDED TANKARD

Augsburg, 1685–1687. Maker's mark: Israel Thelott.
Silver, parcel-gilt. Domed foot with repoussé vine decoration. The cylindrical body of gilt silver, overlaid with an openwork repoussé sleeve depicting putti and a swan in a continuous figural scene. Domed cover with broad rim and cast grape decoration. Spherical finial, scroll handle and bifurcated thumbpiece.
H 15.5 cm, 591 g.

Provenance:
Swiss private collection.

The relief sleeve may have been executed by Johann Andreas Thelott while working as a journeyman in the workshop of his father, Israel. For the significance of Johann Andreas Thelott (active 1654–1696) as a 17th-century goldsmith, see exh. cat. Silber und Gold. Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst für die Höfe Europas, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, 23 February–19 June 1994, Munich 1994, pp. 379–380.