PARCEL-GILT PRESENTATION TANKARD Königsberg, circa 1700. Maker's mark: Christianus Friederichs.

PARCEL-GILT PRESENTATION TANKARD

Königsberg, circa 1700. Maker's mark: Christianus Friederichs.
Silver, parcel-gilt. Cylindrical form with broad, domed foot section. The body of the tankard with a continuous depiction of the Old Testament scene of the Queen of Sheba before Solomon (1 Kings 10; 2 Chronicles 9). The flat hinged cover also domed, with a broad rim and a central figural relief medallion. The substantial handle with a vertical bead frieze and terminating in a volute-form thumbpiece.
H ca. 19 cm; 1,215 g.

Provenance:
- Kunsthandel Friedrich Karl August Huelsmann, Hamburg/Munich, in the 1960s.
- Private collection in Switzerland, for several generations.

Literature:
- Weltkunst, Vol. 28, No. 23, 1958, p. 12 (ill.).
- Wolfgang Scheffler, Goldschmiede Ostpreussens, Berlin 1983, No. 278e.