A SILVER-GILT TANKARD

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A SILVER-GILT TANKARD
AUGSBURG, MAKER'S INITIALS VK, POSSIBLY OF URIEL KEESBORER (SELING 1300), 1615

ON A SPREADING FOOT AND WITH A SCROLL HANDLE, CHERUB-THUMB PIECE AND BALUSTER FINIAL, THE TAPERING CIRCULAR BODY AND THE DOMED COVER EACH CHASED WITH FLOWERS, FOLIAGE AND FRUITS ON TEXTURED GROUNDS - 14CM HIGH (388GR)

拍品专文

IT HAS ALSO BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE ABOVE TANKARD MAY HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE BRESLAU SILVERSMITH VEIT KOCH (ROSENBERG 1406), WHO WAS WORKING BETWEEN 1580 AND 1619. THE FOUR EXAMPLES OF HIS WORK LISTED IN ROSENBERG ARE CERTAINLY SIMILAR TO THIS PIECE. ONE CAN ONLY SPECULATE THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN MARKED AT A SLIGHTLY LATER DATE IN AUGSBURG.