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Lot 515 Dα

A museum quality Gdansk silver tankard

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
18.11.2022, 10:30 - Silver
Estimate: 25.000 € - 30.000 €
Result: 42.840 € (incl. premium)
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A museum quality Gdansk silver tankard

Rounded base clasped with laurel foliage supporting a cylindrical tankard with auriform handle. Decorated with a finely chased repoussé scene of King Jephta returning home to his daughter. The smooth lid reiterates the laurel wreath motif of the base and is surmounted by a finial designed as a swan with a ring in its beak. H 23.7 cm, weight 1,797 g.
Marks of Benedict Clausen, 1689 - 1699.

Provenance

Peter Mühlbauer art dealership, Pocking, 2012; private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

Illus. in Anna Frackowska, Gdansk Silver Tankards of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Warschau 2013, no. XX/7. A similar tankard by Clausen with the same decor is housed in the royal palace of Warsaw (inv. no. ZKW-dep. FTS/750).