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LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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TWO GERMAN SILVER-METAL-MOUNTED AND CARVED IVORY TANKARDS
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The larger, surmounted by a figure opening a bottle, the cylindrical body carved in high relief with a military scene, the handle in the form of a serpent figurehead, above a foliate scrolled base on rams mask feet; the other surmounted by a figure of Ceres, the cylindrical body carved in high relief with a continuous scene of putti, the handle in the form of a female figurehead, on a circular punched base
One 10¼ in. (25.5 cm.) high; the other 6½ in. (15.5 cm.) high (2)
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The larger, surmounted by a figure opening a bottle, the cylindrical body carved in high relief with a military scene, the handle in the form of a serpent figurehead, above a foliate scrolled base on rams mask feet; the other surmounted by a figure of Ceres, the cylindrical body carved in high relief with a continuous scene of putti, the handle in the form of a female figurehead, on a circular punched base
One 10¼ in. (25.5 cm.) high; the other 6½ in. (15.5 cm.) high (2)
Special notice
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