ANTIQUE 19thC GERMAN SOLID SILVER EMBOSSED FIGURAL TANKARD, HANAU c.1840
19th Century Exceptional & Impressively large German (Hanau) silver lidded tankard, in the style of the early 16th Century examples, the front beautifully chased and embossed with a very detailed crowded battle scenes, reverse chased with views of a castle in landscape, adorned with grotesque masks flanked by satyrs and birds.
Hallmarked with a French mark ET.
Reference Number: A6416
DESCRIPTION
Antique mid-19th Century Exceptional & Impressively large German (Hanau) solid silver lidded tankard, in the style of the early 16th Century examples, the front beautifully chased and embossed with a very detailed crowded battle scenes, reverse chased with views of a castle in landscape, adorned with grotesque masks flanked by satyrs and birds.
The tankard and base decorated through-out with elaborate scrolling foliage in relief, base applied with lizards, applied with a large decorative handle terminating with a scrolls and mask leaf junction, hinged domed cover in the same style applied with a figural thumb-piece and lid mounted with a bear holding a shield with crest. Hallmarked with a French mark ET, mark used on old foreign silver (tested 800+ grade silver), Maker's mark not visible.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 49cm
Width: 28 x 25cm
Weight: 2275g
