"TRIUMPH OF APOLLO," A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED CARVED IVORY TANKARD Germany, circa 1890

the lid surmounted by the standing figure of Bacchus and a putto, the body carved in the round with Apollo, personifying reason, in a horse-drawn chariot, a servant blowing a conch shell to announce his arrival, followed by an inebriated Bacchus and female devotees, the mounts embossed with mask and scrolled foliate, struck with Nuremberg and Augsburg pseudo-hallmarks.

Overall in good condition. Vertical age crack to ivory tankard body. Some tarnishing to silver gilt and yellowing of ivory due to age and environmental effects.
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