A small Nuremberg silver gilt tankard - image-1
A small Nuremberg silver gilt tankard - image-2
A small Nuremberg silver gilt tankard - image-1A small Nuremberg silver gilt tankard - image-2

Lot 620 Dα

A small Nuremberg silver gilt tankard

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €

A small Nuremberg silver gilt tankard

Slightly tapering vessel with a herm handle. Engraved with garlands of fruit and acanthus surrounding two rows of raised lobes, the domed lid with corresponding decor and a large spherical finial. H 14.5 cm, weight 374 g.
Marks of Leonhard Vorchhammer, 1630 - 36.

Literature

Cf. eine Abendmahlskanne des Meisters im Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, illustrated in cat. GNM 2007, Nr. 538. For this type Cf. ibid. Abb. 539.