A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED COCONUT TANKARD
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED COCONUT TANKARD

MAKER'S MARK IA OR VI, CIRCA 1580

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A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED COCONUT TANKARD
Maker's Mark IA or VI, circa 1580
The coconut held by three straps headed by cherub's masks, on a cylindrical foot over a cast base with strapwork, birds and portrait masks, with embossed shoulder and a cylindrical neck engraved with arabesques and strapwork, with scroll handle, the domed cover chased with scrolls and surmounted by a figure of a woodsman, marked with maker's mark on cover and twice on base; also with Austro-Hungarian control marks on cover, neck, handle and base
7.5/8 in. (19.2 cm.) high