A LARGE TAPERING CYLINDRICAL TANKARD with cover, on plain spreading circular base, the base of the body bulging and cast with weapon-trophies, surrounding two oval engraved with presentation inscriptions, the body cast in high relief with a medieval battle scene and engraved with a town in the background, the upper section enscribed UNTERTANIGST UBERREICHEDT IHREM GRAFFEN REINHARDT AUS DANKARKEIT DIE GEMEINDE SETIGERSTADT DER RATHAND, below a ribbon-tied leavy band, the domed cover cast with fruit spray and weapon trophies surrounded by foliage and centre with a warrior finial, the curved handle shaped as a demi figure of a warrior above stylised foliage and masks, maker's LK conjoined in dual, Augsburg, 2nd half 19th Century

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A LARGE TAPERING CYLINDRICAL TANKARD with cover, on plain spreading circular base, the base of the body bulging and cast with weapon-trophies, surrounding two oval engraved with presentation inscriptions, the body cast in high relief with a medieval battle scene and engraved with a town in the background, the upper section enscribed UNTERTANIGST UBERREICHEDT IHREM GRAFFEN REINHARDT AUS DANKARKEIT DIE GEMEINDE SETIGERSTADT DER RATHAND, below a ribbon-tied leavy band, the domed cover cast with fruit spray and weapon trophies surrounded by foliage and centre with a warrior finial, the curved handle shaped as a demi figure of a warrior above stylised foliage and masks, maker's LK conjoined in dual, Augsburg, 2nd half 19th Century
43 cm high (1503 gr)

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