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AUGSBURG, 1580-1590, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, POSSIBLY THAT OF CHRISTOPH ERHART (SELING, 763)
Details
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL TANKARD
Augsburg, 1580-1590, Maker's Mark indistinct, possibly that of Christoph Erhart (Seling, 763)
The flaring cylindrical rock crystal body on a circular base chased with tongue-and-dart, the neck, base and straps with masks and fruit, the handle formed as a grotesque caryatid with claw foot, the domed cover with similar tongue-and-dart enclosing a convex rock crystal boss, with putto thumbpiece, marked on base; also with post-1806 Austro-Hungarian control mark; vertical straps and cover replaced and unmarked
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Augsburg, 1580-1590, Maker's Mark indistinct, possibly that of Christoph Erhart (Seling, 763)
The flaring cylindrical rock crystal body on a circular base chased with tongue-and-dart, the neck, base and straps with masks and fruit, the handle formed as a grotesque caryatid with claw foot, the domed cover with similar tongue-and-dart enclosing a convex rock crystal boss, with putto thumbpiece, marked on base; also with post-1806 Austro-Hungarian control mark; vertical straps and cover replaced and unmarked
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Provenance
S.J. Phillips