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Lot 985 Dα

An Augsburg silver gilt tankard.

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 12.000 € - 14.000 €
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An Augsburg silver gilt tankard.

Slightly tapering vessel with C-shaped handle on a moulded base. Embossed throughout with cherub's heads and garlands of fruit amid scrolls. The slightly domed lid with conforming decor and bifurcated thumb rest, the finial formed as a lion holding a shield. H 15.5 cm, weight 395 g.
Marks of Matthäus I Seutter, 1610 - 12.

Another tankard by this maker can be found in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg (inv. no. LGA GO 1376).

Provenance

South German private collection.

Literature

Cf. a tankard by Seutter illus. in: Seling 1980, no. 134.