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Lot 37
A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard Gregorius Lambrecht, Hamburg, circa 1630
3 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£15,000 - £20,000
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A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard
Gregorius Lambrecht, Hamburg, circa 1630
Of cylindrical form, a hinged stepped domed cover embossed with scrolling and masks and shell-like forms, with a ball finial and bifurcated thumbpiece, with a scrolling handle in the form of a grotesque, the body with a central frieze with Nereids, Tritons, dolphins and cherubs, on a domed spreading foot with auricular scrolls, the underside engraved with Old Cyrillic script, height 24cm, weight 76oz.
Of cylindrical form, a hinged stepped domed cover embossed with scrolling and masks and shell-like forms, with a ball finial and bifurcated thumbpiece, with a scrolling handle in the form of a grotesque, the body with a central frieze with Nereids, Tritons, dolphins and cherubs, on a domed spreading foot with auricular scrolls, the underside engraved with Old Cyrillic script, height 24cm, weight 76oz.
Footnotes
Property of a private collector.
Provenance:
Sold Sotheby's European Silver, Geneva, 12th November 1990, Lot 178.
Literature:
Rosenberg p 138, no 2396 and Schliemann p 162, no 178.
Gregorius Lambrecht (1628-1672): was one of the most important silversmiths working in Hamburg during this period. Russia was an important trading partner for Hamburg during this period as a result the Kremlin is home to one of the largest collections of Hamburg silver in the world. Lambrecht's works in particular seem to be housed in multiple Museums and Private collections in Russia. This is why the Cyrillic inscription is to be expected on to the underside.