PAR LEONHARD ROTHAER I, HAMBOURG, 1691-1695

Name: TANKARD ALLEMAND EN ARGENT ET VERMEIL
Brand: PAR LEONHARD ROTHAER I, HAMBOURG, 1691-1695
Price: 9000.00 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised EUR 11,340

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EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000

Closed: 22 Nov 2024

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TANKARD ALLEMAND EN ARGENT ET VERMEIL

PAR LEONHARD ROTHAER I, HAMBOURG, 1691-1695

Price Realised EUR 11,340

Closed: 22 Nov 2024

Price Realised EUR 11,340

Closed: 22 Nov 2024

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Le pied repoussé et ciselé d'une frise de feuilles en enroulement reprises sur le bord du couvercle, le corps tronconique repoussé et ciselé de grandes feuilles d’acanthe et bourgeons, l'anse de style auriculaire figurant un masque grotesque tirant la langue, le couvercle à charnière avec prise en cygne aux ailes déployées reposant sur un calice, poinçons sur le fond: ville et maître-orfèvre
H. 21 cm. (8¹⁄₄ in.)
942 gr. (30 oz. 5 dwt.)

Collection italienne privée

Erich Schliemann et Bernhard Heitmann, Die Goldschmiede Hamburgs, Hamburg, 1985, Band II p. 221-230, No 262 et Band III, P. 128, No 271.

A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF LEONHARD ROTHAER I, HAMBURG, 1691-1695
Embossed and chased with a foliate friese repeated on the cover, the tapered body chased with large acanthus leaves and buds, the auricular handle centred by a grotesque mask pulling its tongue out, the hinged cover with swan finial on calyx, marked underneath: town and maker

This opulent acanthus-leaf motifs and the unusual cast handle with its grotesque sticking out his tongue can be found on another tankard dated 1690-1700 illustrated in E. Schlieman, p. 128, No 217 (op. cit.), from a private collection, sold in Auktion 461, Leo Spik, Berlin, 1967.

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