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MAKER'S MARK E.D. WOLLENWEBER, MUNICH, CIRCA 1890
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A fine German silver Royal presentation tankard
Maker's mark E.D. Wollenweber, Munich, circa 1890
On spreading domed foot, decorated with cupids playing with animals, the inscription on the plain rim below reads Ehrengabe SR. Konigl. Hoheit des Prinsregenten Luitpold V. Baijern zum 10ten Deutschen: Bundes: Schiefsen: Berlin Juli 1890., the slightly tapering body set with various seventeenth Century coins, the scroll handle with sater, grotesque mask and swirling snake, the thumb-piece shaped as a monk boy holding a shield, the domed cover decorated with music playing cupids and animals, the finial shaped as a boy in medieval costume blowing a horn and holding a spear
39cm. (15in.) high
marked underneath
2350gr.
Maker's mark E.D. Wollenweber, Munich, circa 1890
On spreading domed foot, decorated with cupids playing with animals, the inscription on the plain rim below reads Ehrengabe SR. Konigl. Hoheit des Prinsregenten Luitpold V. Baijern zum 10ten Deutschen: Bundes: Schiefsen: Berlin Juli 1890., the slightly tapering body set with various seventeenth Century coins, the scroll handle with sater, grotesque mask and swirling snake, the thumb-piece shaped as a monk boy holding a shield, the domed cover decorated with music playing cupids and animals, the finial shaped as a boy in medieval costume blowing a horn and holding a spear
39cm. (15in.) high
marked underneath
2350gr.