A LARGE GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER GILT TANKARD, PETER RHODE II, DANZIG, CIRCA 1680
Auction Closed
November 11, 04:08 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A LARGE GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER GILT TANKARD, PETER RHODE II, DANZIG, CIRCA 1680
the hinged cover inset with a coin celebrating a Royal Polish marriage, dated 1676, within a band of chased foliage, the body chased in relief with Orpheus charming wild birds and animals with his lute, on a circular foot with chased foliate border, the base inset with another Royal Polish coin
23cm., 9in. high
1265gr., 40oz. 12dwt.
Sotheby's, New York, 9 October 1985, lot 18
The coin in the cover of this tankard celebrates the marriage of the Polish King John III Sobieski to Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien in 1674. The coin in the base celebrates his predecessor Sigismund III Vasa (1587-1632).