A museum-quality Augsburg silver gilt Renaissance tankard

A museum-quality Augsburg silver gilt Renaissance tankard Tapering vessel with a cast silver herm handle on a shallow basal ring with acanthus frieze. Decorated with lush scrollwork surrounding three finely chased depictions of a bear, lion and elephant in landscapes, based on designs by the Nuremberg goldsmith and engraver Paul Flindt the Younger. With three bas relief repoussé flower vases between the reserves. The domed cover with corresponding decor depicting two dogs hunting a deer, inset in the centre with a so-called "halbbatzen" coin from Kempten im Allgäu dated 1517. H 15.5 cm, weight 607 g. Marks of Hans I Arnold, 1599 - 1604.

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H 15,5 cm · vikt 607 g