A German silver tankard

MAKER'S MARK OF WAGNER, CIRCA 1810

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A German silver tankard
maker's mark of Wagner, circa 1810
Tapering cylindrical and with a detachable foot, the palmette border with leaf-capped scroll handle and with hinged domed cover and pine-cone finial, the body applied with a figure of Victory lighting a pyre of military trophies within a ribbon-tied laurel wreath, engraved with inscriptions, marked on foot and side
10¼in. (26cm.) high
47ozs. (1,481grs.)

Lot Essay

The inscription reads 'Friede sey mit cuch! den 30ten May 1814, Christiane Sigismund John Maria Rosina John gb : Muller', the foot engraved 'Petersdorf den 18ten Januar 1816, Zum Andenkenderfroh erlebten Friedensferter der ? Himmelfarth ? in Petersdorf gewielmet'

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