A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
Property of a Noble family in Lower Saxony (lots 169-171)
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD

POSSIBLY NAUMBURG, DATED 1625, MAKER'S MARK H, PROBABLY FOR JOACHIM HEIDECK

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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
POSSIBLY NAUMBURG, DATED 1625, MAKER'S MARK H, PROBABLY FOR JOACHIM HEIDECK
Cylindrical and on spreading foot, the foot and sides each engraved with foliage scrolls, the sides further engraved with four coats-of-arms and inset with twelve coins, the hinged cover further engraved with four coats-of-arms and with a central coin, the beaded handle with scroll thumbpiece, marked underneath, further engraved with a scratchweight 'W9.9 lot zs'
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
46 oz. 9 dwt. (1,445 gr.)
The arms on the cover are those of Erasmus von Bennigsen (1593-1647) and his wife Adelheidt Anna von Amelunxen who he married in 1620; those of von Gittelde for Maria von Gittelde (d.1654), Erasmus' mother and Schelen for Sophia von Shele [sic] (d.1626), Adelheidt's mother.

The arms on the sides are those of von Boventen for Anna von Boventen, Erasmus' maternal grandmother; von Weltzen for Margarethe von Weltze (1528-c.1622), Erasmus' paternal grandmother; von Donup [sic] for Anne von Donop, Adelheidt's paternal grandmother and von Ripperdha for Adelheid von Ripperda, Adelheidt's maternal grandmother.

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Lot Essay

Christie's are grateful to Professor Richter for suggesting the attribution of this maker's mark.

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