Lot Essay
Another tankard with this subject is in the Mainfrankische Museum, Würzburg.
CIRCA 1720, BLUE K:. MARK
Details
A Nürnberg pewter-mounted blue-ground cylindrical tankard
Circa 1720, blue K:. mark
The rope-twist handle with a raised rib, painted by Kordenbusch with Tobias and the Angel in a wooded landscape vignette within a scroll and flowerhead cartouche reserved on a ground of stylised flowerheads, scrolls and foliage, the hinged pewter cover with ball thumbpiece (crack to handle near mount and slight chips to handle and top rim, damage to mount)
10 3/8in. (26.5cm.) high
Circa 1720, blue K:. mark
The rope-twist handle with a raised rib, painted by Kordenbusch with Tobias and the Angel in a wooded landscape vignette within a scroll and flowerhead cartouche reserved on a ground of stylised flowerheads, scrolls and foliage, the hinged pewter cover with ball thumbpiece (crack to handle near mount and slight chips to handle and top rim, damage to mount)
10 3/8in. (26.5cm.) high