Part II: Une demeure princière, La résidence de son Altesse Cheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani, Kunstkammer

Part II: Une demeure princière, La résidence de son Altesse Cheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani, Kunstkammer

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German, Munich, or Austrian, Vienna, 19th century

Covered tankard of the Brewers’ Guild

No reserve

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Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

German, Munich, or Austrian, Vienna, 19th century

Covered tankard of the Brewers’ Guild


water Buffalo horn, silvered bronze and gilt bronze, partially enamelled

the body formed from ibex horn, applied to the front with a silvered bronze ibex head; the lower mount with a stylised enamelled foliate frieze; the handle shaped as a siren embracing two allegorical figures of wheat and hops embracing each other; the upper mount in the form of a lambrequin, with an engraved coat-of-arms of the Brewers’ Guild to the front; the lid decorated with four enamelled cabochons forming stylised flowers, framed by four applied gilt-bronze harpies, the finial in the form of a cabochon with enamelled scrolling foliage and a central monogram “FS”; the interior lined with gilt bronze.

34cm., 13⅜in.

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Private Collection, Germany;

Hampel, Munich, 16 September 2011, lot 414.

The three allegorical figures of water, wheat and hops, forming the handle of this richly ornamented tankard, symbolise the essential ingredients used in the brewing of beer.