A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED, CARVED IVORY TANKARD**
MARK OF THOMAS SMILY, LONDON, 1863
Shaped cylindrical on four feet modeled as masks, the ivory body carved in high relief with a Bacchanalian scene, the domed cover decorated with a foliate band and surmounted by a putto with cymbals, the ivory handle carved as a putto eating grapes, with a modeled mask thumbpiece, fully marked, except for one nut under base and four small nuts under cover
13 in. (33 cm.) high
A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED, CARVED IVORY TANKARD**
MARK OF THOMAS SMILY, LONDON, 1863
Shaped cylindrical on four feet modeled as masks, the ivory body carved in high relief with a Bacchanalian scene, the domed cover decorated with a foliate band and surmounted by a putto with cymbals, the ivory handle carved as a putto eating grapes, with a modeled mask thumbpiece, fully marked, except for one nut under base and four small nuts under cover
13 in. (33 cm.) high
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