A SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'BMO', INDISTINCT ASSAYMASTER'S MARK, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1745
Cylindrical, on three ball feet, the body and hinged cover with four cartouches engraved with scenes of Samson and Delilah: the body depicting Samson departing to the cities of the Philistines, his wedding banquet, and Delilah cutting Samson's locks as he sleeps; the cover depicting Samson seduced by Delilah, each flanked by scrolling foliate or stiff-leaf border, the scroll handle with split flared thumb-piece, marked under base, also with indistinct scratch weight
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
24.4 oz. (691.7 gr.)
A SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'BMO', INDISTINCT ASSAYMASTER'S MARK, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1745
Cylindrical, on three ball feet, the body and hinged cover with four cartouches engraved with scenes of Samson and Delilah: the body depicting Samson departing to the cities of the Philistines, his wedding banquet, and Delilah cutting Samson's locks as he sleeps; the cover depicting Samson seduced by Delilah, each flanked by scrolling foliate or stiff-leaf border, the scroll handle with split flared thumb-piece, marked under base, also with indistinct scratch weight
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
24.4 oz. (691.7 gr.)
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