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A CONTINENTAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
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A CONTINENTAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD

GERMAN OR HUNGARIAN, 1630-1640, MAKER'S MARK MR, A MULLET BENEATH

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A CONTINENTAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
GERMAN OR HUNGARIAN, 1630-1640, MAKER'S MARK MR, A MULLET BENEATH
Cylindrical and on domed foot, with cast demi-female figure handle and shaped thumbpiece, the heighted domed cover with putto and shield finial, the matted body with circular cartouches engraved with scenes and inscriptions, marked on base (indistinct) and cover
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high
15 oz. 17 dwt. (493 gr.)
The inscriptions read 'Wann man es mit Verstand beschneidt', 'So bringt es künftig Nutz und Freud', 'Man gräbt es wegen Fruchtarbeit' - 'If one prunes with care' 'Thus in the future comes profit and pleasure' 'one digs for the sake of fruitfulness'.
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拍品专文

This tankard share a common print source with a tankard by Johann II Beckert, Augsburg, dated circa 1695 engraved with the same emblems and proverbs, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, previously in the collection of the renowned silver scholar Alfred E. Jones (1872-1943).

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