1 Dec 2010
10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge
British & Continental Silver & Objects of Vertu
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British & Continental Silver & Objects of Vertu
Back to auction 17935
A 19th century Continental silver mounted ivory tankard,
apparently unmarked,
cover with central inset commemorative coin, scroll borders, embossed with foliate scrolls, putto, birds of paradise and a bust on a matted ground, side embossed with entwined husks, berries and branches, hippocamp thumbpiece, carved scroll ivory handle with silver mounts, lower junction with a seated putto and fruiting vine tendrils, ivory body depicting a drunken Bacchanalian orgy, on a silver mount with gadroon and bead border, on three grape and vine leaf feet, height 24cm.
cover with central inset commemorative coin, scroll borders, embossed with foliate scrolls, putto, birds of paradise and a bust on a matted ground, side embossed with entwined husks, berries and branches, hippocamp thumbpiece, carved scroll ivory handle with silver mounts, lower junction with a seated putto and fruiting vine tendrils, ivory body depicting a drunken Bacchanalian orgy, on a silver mount with gadroon and bead border, on three grape and vine leaf feet, height 24cm.
Sold for
£7,560
inc. premium
Footnotes
- See inside cover detail.
Category: Decorative Arts / Silver
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