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A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard Hieronymus Holl II, Danzig (Gdansk Poland) circa 1688, the cover with two additional marks image 1
A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard Hieronymus Holl II, Danzig (Gdansk Poland) circa 1688, the cover with two additional marks image 2
A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard Hieronymus Holl II, Danzig (Gdansk Poland) circa 1688, the cover with two additional marks image 3
A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard Hieronymus Holl II, Danzig (Gdansk Poland) circa 1688, the cover with two additional marks image 4
A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard Hieronymus Holl II, Danzig (Gdansk Poland) circa 1688, the cover with two additional marks image 5
A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard Hieronymus Holl II, Danzig (Gdansk Poland) circa 1688, the cover with two additional marks image 6
A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard Hieronymus Holl II, Danzig (Gdansk Poland) circa 1688, the cover with two additional marks image 7
From a Private Collection Lots 66 to 70
Lot 69

A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard
Hieronymus Holl II, Danzig (Gdansk Poland) circa 1688, the cover with two additional marks

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

Sold for £31,800 inc. premium

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A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard

Hieronymus Holl II, Danzig (Gdansk Poland) circa 1688, the cover with two additional marks
Of cylindrical form, a hinged gilt cover embossed with a band of prunus and acanthus leaves on a matted ground, with a bud finial and bifurcated thumbpiece, a cast scrolling figural Minerva handle with foliage, around the body an embossed bas-relief featuring a procession of Biblical characters celebrating, with soldiers, horses, camels, women, babes in arms, frolicking children and running dogs, a silver finish in contrast to the gilt top and bottom, the domed spreading foot embossed to match the cover, height 25cm, diameter 18cm, weight 45oz.

Footnotes

Provenance
Sold Sotheby's auction 'European Silver' Geneva 12th November 1990, Lot 65 (incorrectly identified scene)
From a private collection

Literature
Featured in the following publications:-

Anna Frackowska, 'Gdansk Silver Tankards of the 17th and 18th Centuries', (Warsaw: ARGRAF, 2013), p.376, no.XXX/1 - incorrect identification of scene

Andrzej Fischinger and Darius Nowacki, 'Goldsmiths work from the former Royal and Ducal Prussias in the collections of the Wawel Royal Castle', published 2000, p.116, note 6

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