LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
A GERMAN CARVED IVORY TANKARD**
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Surmounted by Neptune and Amphitrite, set upon a gadrooned rim mounted with putti, the cylindrical body carved with Nereids and tritons amidst water lilies and cascading waves, the scrolled handle modelled as a nymph and triton, the base carved with putti astride dolphins
23¼ in. (59 cm.) high
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Surmounted by Neptune and Amphitrite, set upon a gadrooned rim mounted with putti, the cylindrical body carved with Nereids and tritons amidst water lilies and cascading waves, the scrolled handle modelled as a nymph and triton, the base carved with putti astride dolphins
23¼ in. (59 cm.) high
Provenance
William G. Irwin (1866-1943)
Thence by descent
Thence by descent
Special notice
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