A SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED GERMAN IVORY TANKARD
THE IVORY SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1680, THE SILVER MOUNTS APPARENTLY UNMARKED, 19TH CENTURY
The ivory sleeve carved with the drunken Silenus accompanied by a host of frolicking putti, music-making fauns and bacchantes, the silver foot decorated in relief with hops on a matted ground, the hinged cover chased with fruiting grapevines and with a putto finial, the handle cast with a bacchante and hops
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
A SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED GERMAN IVORY TANKARD
THE IVORY SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1680, THE SILVER MOUNTS APPARENTLY UNMARKED, 19TH CENTURY
The ivory sleeve carved with the drunken Silenus accompanied by a host of frolicking putti, music-making fauns and bacchantes, the silver foot decorated in relief with hops on a matted ground, the hinged cover chased with fruiting grapevines and with a putto finial, the handle cast with a bacchante and hops
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
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