A SIEGBURG PEWTER-MOUNTED TAPERING CYLINDRICAL TANKARD (Schnelle) with three tapering panels crisply moulded with figures in armour within oval and arched cartouches on a ground of strapwork, masks, scrolling foliage, flowers and pomegranates, the central panel surmounted by a crown and crossed banners on a shield and with a double-headed eagle below, the rim and footrim with horizontal bands (crack to base extending up and across footrim bands), the pewter cover with double ball thumbpiece, late 16th century