A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF CORNELIUS POPPE, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1695

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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF CORNELIUS POPPE, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1695
Cylindrical and on three ball and claw feet, with auricular scroll cast handle, the flat hinged cover with fluted ball finial, the sides engraved with three landscapes in circular medallions, surrounded by foliage scrolls and flowers, the cover similarly engraved, marked under base and on cover, the base further struck with later Russian import marks
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
38 oz. 17 dwt. (1,208 gr.)

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Lot Essay

Engraved tankards of this form were a speciality of Cornelius Poppe. Three examples by him dating from the last decade of the 17th century are illustrated by H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, vol. 2, figs. 440, 441 and 443.

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