A GILTMETAL-MOUNTED VIENNA-STYLE TAPERING-CYLINDRICAL TANKARD AND HINGED COVER

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A GILTMETAL-MOUNTED VIENNA-STYLE TAPERING-CYLINDRICAL TANKARD AND HINGED COVER
Circa 1890

With a burnished gilt loop handle, the body painted with mythological figures entitled Telemach auf der Insel der Calypso within a gilt oval cartouche, on a coloured striped and panelled ground richly gilt with scrolling arabesques and landscapes, the cover painted on the interior and exterior with mythological scenes, blue beehive mark, black script
6¼in. (16cm.) high

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