ANTIQUE 19thC GERMAN HANAU SOLID SILVER MASSIVE EMBOSSED FIGURAL TANKARD c.1870
19th Century German (Hanau) silver large lidded tankard, in the style of the early 16th Century example, beautifully chased and embossed with a very detailed and crowded battle scenes, the base decorated with scrolling foliage and fruits in relief, large scroll handle terminating with a leaf-shaped thumb-piece, hinged domed cover in the same style applied with a large figure of a soldier with a spear as a finial.
Hallmarked with German makers mark WSH in a heart used by Weinranck and Schmidt, Hanau.
Reference Number: A6621
19th Century German (Hanau) silver large lidded tankard, in the style of the early 16th Century example, beautifully chased and embossed with a very detailed and crowded battle scenes, the base decorated with scrolling foliage and fruits in relief, large scroll handle terminating with a leaf-shaped thumb-piece, hinged domed cover in the same style applied with a large figure of a soldier with a spear as a finial.
Hallmarked with German makers mark WSH in a heart used by Weinranck and Schmidt, Hanau.
Reference Number: A6621
19th Century German (Hanau) silver large lidded tankard, in the style of the early 16th Century example, beautifully chased and embossed with a very detailed and crowded battle scenes, the base decorated with scrolling foliage and fruits in relief, large scroll handle terminating with a leaf-shaped thumb-piece, hinged domed cover in the same style applied with a large figure of a soldier with a spear as a finial.
Hallmarked with German makers mark WSH in a heart used by Weinranck and Schmidt, Hanau.
Reference Number: A6621
DESCRIPTION
Antique late-19th Century German (Hanau) solid silver large lidded tankard, in the style of the early 16th Century example, beautifully chased and embossed with a very detailed and crowded battle scenes, the base decorated with scrolling foliage and fruits in relief, large scroll handle terminating with a leaf-shaped thumb-piece, hinged domed cover in the same style applied with a large figure of a soldier with a spear as a finial. The base is hallmarked with German makers mark WSH in a heart used by Weinranck and Schmidt, Hanau.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 39cm
Width: 24 x 17.5cm
Weight: 1200g
