Lot Essay
Faceted beakers engraved with similar scenes of fashionable ladies and gentleman by the same maker are illustrated in Schliemann, Die Goldschmiede Hamburgs, Hamburg, 1985, vol. III, plate 66 and 287.
The Property of
A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTOR
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
Details
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
HAMBURG, MID-17TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK OF CLAUSS SULSSEN II
Of cylindrical form, the spreading rim foot chased with a band of foliate scrolls and flowerheads, the body chased with fruit and foliate vines enclosing three oval cartouches with figures of a fashionable lady and two men within landscapes, with tubular scroll handle, the hinged domed cover with bifurcated scroll thumbpiece and chased with similar foliate bands, surmounted by an openwork multi-scroll finial, marked under base--10 1/2in. (26.2cm.) high
(28 oz.)
HAMBURG, MID-17TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK OF CLAUSS SULSSEN II
Of cylindrical form, the spreading rim foot chased with a band of foliate scrolls and flowerheads, the body chased with fruit and foliate vines enclosing three oval cartouches with figures of a fashionable lady and two men within landscapes, with tubular scroll handle, the hinged domed cover with bifurcated scroll thumbpiece and chased with similar foliate bands, surmounted by an openwork multi-scroll finial, marked under base--10 1/2in. (26.2cm.) high
(28 oz.)