A GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED CARVED IVORY TANKARD
WITH PSEUDO MARKS, PROBABLY HANAU, LATE 19TH CENTURY
On domed base cast and applied with winged cherub masks and shell garlands, the scroll handle formed as putti, the hinged domed cover with bifurcated scroll thumbpiece chased with bacchic putti, the body carved with a bacchic scene and the figure of Venus with her hippocamp-drawn chariot
11 ½ in. (29 cm.) high
A GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED CARVED IVORY TANKARD
WITH PSEUDO MARKS, PROBABLY HANAU, LATE 19TH CENTURY
On domed base cast and applied with winged cherub masks and shell garlands, the scroll handle formed as putti, the hinged domed cover with bifurcated scroll thumbpiece chased with bacchic putti, the body carved with a bacchic scene and the figure of Venus with her hippocamp-drawn chariot
11 ½ in. (29 cm.) high
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