A GERMAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF D. VOLLGOLD & SOHN, BERLIN, CIRCA 1860
Tapering cylindrical, the double walled tankard depicting a genre scene of seated revelers, men on horseback hoisting tankards, and figures roasting fowl on a spit, the base and neck with band of ivy and roses, the handle formed as an ivy-clad entwined branch, the cover with a sleeping figure holding as flagon, an empty tankard beneath his foot, the interior gilt, marked under base, also marked with later Austrian control mark
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high; 37 oz. (1156 gr.)
A GERMAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF D. VOLLGOLD & SOHN, BERLIN, CIRCA 1860
Tapering cylindrical, the double walled tankard depicting a genre scene of seated revelers, men on horseback hoisting tankards, and figures roasting fowl on a spit, the base and neck with band of ivy and roses, the handle formed as an ivy-clad entwined branch, the cover with a sleeping figure holding as flagon, an empty tankard beneath his foot, the interior gilt, marked under base, also marked with later Austrian control mark
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high; 37 oz. (1156 gr.)