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MARK OF LORENTZ HOFFMANN, KONIGSBERG, CIRCA 1660
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF LORENTZ HOFFMANN, KONIGSBERG, CIRCA 1660
Cylindrical, the body chased with flowers and applied with a medallion of Hercules and Cerberus with the arms of Danzig beneath, with scroll handle, triple beaded bifurcated thumbpiece and hinged domed cover with associated part-nielloed boss, marked underneath with maker's mark only, engraved underneath with scratchweight '2 marks 51 lot'
9 ½ in. (24 cm.)
33 oz. 5 dwt. (1034 gr.)
MARK OF LORENTZ HOFFMANN, KONIGSBERG, CIRCA 1660
Cylindrical, the body chased with flowers and applied with a medallion of Hercules and Cerberus with the arms of Danzig beneath, with scroll handle, triple beaded bifurcated thumbpiece and hinged domed cover with associated part-nielloed boss, marked underneath with maker's mark only, engraved underneath with scratchweight '2 marks 51 lot'
9 ½ in. (24 cm.)
33 oz. 5 dwt. (1034 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Hampel, Munich, 26 March 2011, lot 598.
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