DESCRIPTION
Antique late-19th Century German (Hanau) solid silver large lidded tankard, in the style of the early 16th Century example, beautifully chased and embossed with a very detailed and crowded battle scenes, the base decorated with scrolling foliage and fruits in relief, large scroll handle terminating with a leaf-shaped thumb-piece, hinged domed cover in the same style applied with a large figure of a soldier with a spear as a finial. The base is hallmarked with German makers mark WSH in a heart used by Weinranck and Schmidt, Hanau.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 39cm
Width: 24 x 17.5cm
Weight: 1200g