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1589
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A Siegburg pewter-mounted dated armorial tankard
1589
Schnelle, the slightly tapering cylindrical light ground body decorated in low relief with three elongated rectangular panels, with three wreathed medallions, the central inscribed AlEXANDER above 1589, flanked by IOSUA above 1589 and DAVIT, above three coat-of-arms, underneath Laub und Bandelwerk motifs with various heraldic supporters flanking escutcheons, the neck and the base with four ribbed lines, the domed pewter cover connected with a leaves thumbpiece to the loop handle
28.2 cm. high
1589
Schnelle, the slightly tapering cylindrical light ground body decorated in low relief with three elongated rectangular panels, with three wreathed medallions, the central inscribed AlEXANDER above 1589, flanked by IOSUA above 1589 and DAVIT, above three coat-of-arms, underneath Laub und Bandelwerk motifs with various heraldic supporters flanking escutcheons, the neck and the base with four ribbed lines, the domed pewter cover connected with a leaves thumbpiece to the loop handle
28.2 cm. high
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