Lot 8
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A Continental silver-gilt tankard
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A Continental silver-gilt tankard

POSSIBLY HUNGARIAN, 17TH CENTURY

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A Continental silver-gilt tankard
Possibly Hungarian, 17th century
Tapering cylindrical and on rim foot with lozenge border, the scroll handle with shield shaped terminal and winged mermaid thumbpiece, the hinged domed cover with fluted rim and detachable male figure finial holding a shield, the underside of the cover with detachable boss finely engraved with the figure of the Madonna and Child, the base inset with a medallion, the rim of the body later engraved with name and date 1817
6¾in. (17.2cm.) high
16oz. (515gr.)
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Lot Essay

The inscriptions on the medallion are translated as, 'Emperor Ferdinand II after the defeat of the rebels constructed a church to God and Saints Ignatius and Francis [Xavier], he commuted the College of the Society of Jesus erected by Ferdinand I into a professed house of that Society, united it with the famous Academy of Vienna, and extended and ornamented it with a new residence for fellowship and the muses, in the fifth year of his reign, A.D. 1624.' and 'In the name of Jesus let every knee bend of present Austrians and those to come'

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