A rare Danzig tin tankard and cover - image-1

Lot 508 Dα

A rare Danzig tin tankard and cover

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 2.356 € (incl. premium)

A rare Danzig tin tankard and cover

With a large pinecone finial and fan-like thumb rest. Finely engraved with flowerheads and inscribed "NATHANEL 1688". Armorial assay mark of Danzig with an eagle, maker's mark as a conjoined monogram. A small crack to the lid. H 31.3 cm.
Carl Frantz, 1688.

Provenance

The Dr. Hanns-Ulrich Haedeke Collection.

Literature

For this mark cf.: Hintze, Norddeutsche Zinngiesser, Aalen 1964, no. 284.