A German silver-mounted ivory tankard
A German silver-mounted ivory tankard

MAKER'S MARK PROBABLY FOR NERESHEIMER, HANAU, CIRCA 1890

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A German silver-mounted ivory tankard
Maker's mark probably for Neresheimer, Hanau, circa 1890
The waisted silver foot-mount chased with a ribbon-tied band of fruit and foliage on a matted ground, the domed cover similarly chased and with kneeling putto finial holding a flower, the tapering ivory body with demi winged-putto scroll handle, carved with a frieze of bacchic putti and a goat, marked on foot-mount
10¾in. (27.5cm.) high

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