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MARK OF CORNELIUS POPPE, AUGSBURG, 1689-1692
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF CORNELIUS POPPE, AUGSBURG, 1689-1692
Cylindrical on three claw-and-ball feet, with leaf capped scroll handle and fluted ball thumbpiece, the hinged cover slightly domed, engraved with circular laurel wreath cartouches enclosing landscape scenes, with fruit, flowers and foliage between, marked on base and cover
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
36 oz. 17 dwt. (1,147 gr.)
MARK OF CORNELIUS POPPE, AUGSBURG, 1689-1692
Cylindrical on three claw-and-ball feet, with leaf capped scroll handle and fluted ball thumbpiece, the hinged cover slightly domed, engraved with circular laurel wreath cartouches enclosing landscape scenes, with fruit, flowers and foliage between, marked on base and cover
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
36 oz. 17 dwt. (1,147 gr.)
Literature
H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, vol. II, pl. 443.
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