Lot Essay
Tankards from the Hanseatic cities of Hamburg and Danzig share many stylistic elements, however animal finials especially, lions and swans, large in scales are typical of Danzig examples.
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MARK OF CHRISTIAN BOCKHORN, DANZIG (GDANSK), 1674-1684
Details
A POLISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF CHRISTIAN BOCKHORN, DANZIG (GDANSK), 1674-1684
Cylindrical and on domed foot, with harp shaped foliate handle and scroll thumbpiece, the hinged domed cover with swan finial, chased with flowers and foliage, marked on foot and cover
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high
43 oz. 18 dwt. (1,366 gr.)
MARK OF CHRISTIAN BOCKHORN, DANZIG (GDANSK), 1674-1684
Cylindrical and on domed foot, with harp shaped foliate handle and scroll thumbpiece, the hinged domed cover with swan finial, chased with flowers and foliage, marked on foot and cover
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high
43 oz. 18 dwt. (1,366 gr.)
Provenance
Czeslaw Bednarczyk, Vienna, 1984;
Dr Hans Harlt, Dachau, 1990;
Hugo Ruef, Munich, 2003, lot 885;
Im Kinsky, Vienna 2012, lot 31.
Dr Hans Harlt, Dachau, 1990;
Hugo Ruef, Munich, 2003, lot 885;
Im Kinsky, Vienna 2012, lot 31.
Literature
A. Frackowska, Gdandsk Silver Tankards of the 17th and 18th Century, Typology, Styles, Iconography, Warsaw, 2013, p. 341, no. XVIII/12, where the partial provenance is recorded.
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