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A FINE REGENCY SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL WHITFORD, LONDON, 1815
In 17th Century German taste, cylindrical, on a circular base with grapevine, the body chased overall with bacchanalian figures, a goat and putti brandishing grapes in a landscape with classical architecture, with satyr scroll handle, the hinged cover with scroll and shell thumbpiece and similar chased decoration, marked on side and cover
10¾in. (27.3cm.) high
(145oz., 4507gr.)
MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL WHITFORD, LONDON, 1815
In 17th Century German taste, cylindrical, on a circular base with grapevine, the body chased overall with bacchanalian figures, a goat and putti brandishing grapes in a landscape with classical architecture, with satyr scroll handle, the hinged cover with scroll and shell thumbpiece and similar chased decoration, marked on side and cover
10¾in. (27.3cm.) high
(145oz., 4507gr.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, April 20-23, 1993, lot 235