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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, OF 17TH CENTURY STYLE
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED CARVED IVORY TANKARD
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, OF 17TH CENTURY STYLE
The handle modelled as a female figure rising from a grotesque mask and terminating in a dolphin's head, bifurcated scroll thumbpiece, mounts chased with vignettes of St. George slaying the dragon and other figures separated by fruit and flowers, the finial modelled as a knight in chain-mail on rearing horse, a frog by the horse's foot, the sides finely carved in high relief with a ferocious battle scene including hounds savaging a fallen horse, a man loading a crossbow and a mounted knight falling back, pierced by an arrow, gilt interior
16 in. (41 cm.) high
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, OF 17TH CENTURY STYLE
The handle modelled as a female figure rising from a grotesque mask and terminating in a dolphin's head, bifurcated scroll thumbpiece, mounts chased with vignettes of St. George slaying the dragon and other figures separated by fruit and flowers, the finial modelled as a knight in chain-mail on rearing horse, a frog by the horse's foot, the sides finely carved in high relief with a ferocious battle scene including hounds savaging a fallen horse, a man loading a crossbow and a mounted knight falling back, pierced by an arrow, gilt interior
16 in. (41 cm.) high
Special Notice
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