Lot Essay
The maker's mark of Joachim Moys is illustrated, with a differing shaped cartouche, by W. Scheffler, Goldschmiede Ostpreussens, Berlin, 1983, p. 93, no. 229.
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KONIGSBERG, CIRCA 1660, MARK'S MARK IM CONJOINED, POSSIBLY FOR JOACHIM MOYS
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
KONIGSBERG, CIRCA 1660, MARK'S MARK IM CONJOINED, POSSIBLY FOR JOACHIM MOYS
Cylindrical, the body chased with the scene of huntsman with bows and arrows and hunting dogs and with a figure of Diana, with scroll handle, bifurcated thumbpiece and hinged domed cover with allegorical female figure finial with an anchor, marked near handle and on cover
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
39 oz. 15 dwt. (1,236 gr.)
KONIGSBERG, CIRCA 1660, MARK'S MARK IM CONJOINED, POSSIBLY FOR JOACHIM MOYS
Cylindrical, the body chased with the scene of huntsman with bows and arrows and hunting dogs and with a figure of Diana, with scroll handle, bifurcated thumbpiece and hinged domed cover with allegorical female figure finial with an anchor, marked near handle and on cover
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
39 oz. 15 dwt. (1,236 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Hampel, Munich, 26 March 2011, lot 596.
Sale room notice
Please note that the catalogue entry for this item should read:
Mark of Johann Meinertz, Danzig, circa 1680
Provenance:
Christie’s, New York, 1994, lot 267.
Literature:
A Frackowska, Gdansk Silver Tankards of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Warsaw, 2013, p. 358, no. XXIV/11.
Mark of Johann Meinertz, Danzig, circa 1680
Provenance:
Christie’s, New York, 1994, lot 267.
Literature:
A Frackowska, Gdansk Silver Tankards of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Warsaw, 2013, p. 358, no. XXIV/11.
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