Lot Essay
A similar tankard dated 1680-1685, sold Christie's, London, 23 November 1999, lot 134
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF PAUL SOLANIER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1690
Details
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF PAUL SOLANIER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1690
On a plain spreading foot, the body chased with lobes and stylized fruit and foliage, with scroll handle, the hinged domed cover partly chased with lobes, with ball finial and bifurcated thumbpiece, marked under base and on rim of cover
5½ in. (14 cm.) high; 12 oz. 10 dwt. (403 gr.)
MARK OF PAUL SOLANIER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1690
On a plain spreading foot, the body chased with lobes and stylized fruit and foliage, with scroll handle, the hinged domed cover partly chased with lobes, with ball finial and bifurcated thumbpiece, marked under base and on rim of cover
5½ in. (14 cm.) high; 12 oz. 10 dwt. (403 gr.)