A GERMAN SILVER-GILT TANKARD
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT TANKARD

MARK OF HANS UTTEN, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1609

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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MARK OF HANS UTTEN, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1609
Tapering and on spreading foot with ovolo border, the body and cover chased with hob-nail ornament divided by matting, the handle with beading and terminating in a putto mask, the double-scroll thumbpiece with central caryatid, the hinged cover with baluster finial, marked underneath and on cover bezel
7 ½ in. (29 cm.) high
22 oz. 16 dwt. (707 gr.)
Provenance
with Galerie Neuse, Bremen.
Collection Yves Saint-Laurent et Pierre Bergé; sold Christie's, Paris, 21-23 February 2009, lot 148.

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