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A 17th century German silver-gilt 'snakeskin' tankard Paul Hübner, Augsburg circa 1650, also later stamped with Austrian Freistempel 1809/10 image 1
A 17th century German silver-gilt 'snakeskin' tankard Paul Hübner, Augsburg circa 1650, also later stamped with Austrian Freistempel 1809/10 image 2
A 17th century German silver-gilt 'snakeskin' tankard Paul Hübner, Augsburg circa 1650, also later stamped with Austrian Freistempel 1809/10 image 3
A 17th century German silver-gilt 'snakeskin' tankard Paul Hübner, Augsburg circa 1650, also later stamped with Austrian Freistempel 1809/10 image 4
From a Private Collection Lots 66 to 70
Lot 66

A 17th century German silver-gilt 'snakeskin' tankard
Paul Hübner, Augsburg circa 1610, also later stamped with Austrian Freistempel 1809/10

13 – 14 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A 17th century German silver-gilt 'snakeskin' tankard

Paul Hübner, Augsburg circa 1610, also later stamped with Austrian Freistempel 1809/10
Plain tapering cylindrical form, the hinged flat-domed cover surmounted by a cast golden sheep finial, a beaded scrolled thumbpiece with C-shape handle beneath terminating in a shield, the whole gilded and embossed with matt 'snakeskin' effect juxtaposed against polished bands top and bottom, all on a stepped circular spreading foot, height 20cm, diameter 18cm, weight 40oz.

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Provenance
Sold Sotheby's auction 'European Silver' Geneva 18th November 1991, Lot 204 - incorrectly identified as Paulus Hoschel, Augsburg circa 1650 - the Augsburg mark is an earlier date and therefore this piece cannot be by Hoschel
From a private collection

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