A GERMAN OR BALTIC PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
A GERMAN OR BALTIC PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD

MAKER'S MARK 'IS' MONOGRAM IN SHAPED SHIELD, CIRCA 1700, THE ENGRAVING POSSIBLY RUSSIAN, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN OR BALTIC PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK 'IS' MONOGRAM IN SHAPED SHIELD, CIRCA 1700, THE ENGRAVING POSSIBLY RUSSIAN, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
On spreading foot and with cylindrical body, the body later engraved with three circular landscape cartouches, the scroll handle with a shield shaped terminal and with scroll thumbpiece, the hinged stepped cover later engraved with Cyrillic initials 'KA3' with crown above, marked underneath with maker's mark only struck twice
6 in. (15 cm.) high
17 oz. 8 dwt. (554 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Hampel, Munich, 26 March 2011, lot 798.

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