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A GERMAN GILTMETAL-MOUNTED ENGRAVED CYLINDRICAL TANKARD
Circa 1800
Engraved with a begging dog beneath the initials IZ enclosed within a circle formed by a crowned snake and held by two gentlemen standing to either side, flanked by foliage and beneath a foliage band, with scroll handle, the stepped giltmetal cover moulded and chased with stars, anthemion and flutes, with foliage-mould finial and dolphin thumbpiece
7 1/2in. (19cm.) high
Circa 1800
Engraved with a begging dog beneath the initials IZ enclosed within a circle formed by a crowned snake and held by two gentlemen standing to either side, flanked by foliage and beneath a foliage band, with scroll handle, the stepped giltmetal cover moulded and chased with stars, anthemion and flutes, with foliage-mould finial and dolphin thumbpiece
7 1/2in. (19cm.) high
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's, 11 May 1971, lot 118