A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED SERPENTINE TANKARD AND COVER, with fluted and foliage foot rim, central rib stamped with formal ornament and an engraved band of scrolling foliage and strapwork above, the curved handle and domed cover chased with panels of masks and fruit between scrolls, with mermaid thumbpiece and fluted baluster finial, by Balthasar Holweck, Nuremberg, circa 1600 (the serpentine body damaged)