SMALL COIN TANKARD Königsberg, 1719. Maker's mark: Johann Christoph Wittphal.
SMALL COIN TANKARD
Königsberg, 1719. Maker's mark: Johann Christoph Wittphal.
Silver, parcel-gilt. Broad, flared, moulded foot ring. Smooth tapering body inset all around with thaler coins arranged in two staggered rows, including Brandenburg-Prussian coins as well as coins of Louis XIV of France. The base inset with a medal inscribed AMOR VICIT OMNIA. The cover, with a projecting rim corresponding in form to the foot ring, inset with a medal bearing a symbolic representation and the inscription GOTT GIB FRIEDEN IN DEINEM LAND – ERHALT WEHR UND NEHR STAND.
Hollow, angular scroll handle with cast thumbpiece on the cover.
H 14.5 cm, 725 g.
Provenance:
Private collection, Germany.
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SMALL COIN TANKARD
Königsberg, 1719. Maker's mark: Johann Christoph Wittphal.
Silver, parcel-gilt. Broad, flared, moulded foot ring. Smooth tapering body inset all around with thaler coins arranged in two staggered rows, including Brandenburg-Prussian coins as well as coins of Louis XIV of France. The base inset with a medal inscribed AMOR VICIT OMNIA. The cover, with a projecting rim corresponding in form to the foot ring, inset with a medal bearing a symbolic representation and the inscription GOTT GIB FRIEDEN IN DEINEM LAND – ERHALT WEHR UND NEHR STAND.
Hollow, angular scroll handle with cast thumbpiece on the cover.
H 14.5 cm, 725 g.
Provenance:
Private collection, Germany.
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