Tankard sleeve with a relief of mermaids and sea nymphs mounted as an inkwell. Flemish, circa 1620.
Tankard sleeve with a relief of mermaids and sea nymphs mounted as an inkwell. Flemish, circa 1620. photo Sotheby's
he silver fully marked, London, 1829, with a crowned I.B of John Bridge for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, and scratched: 1174 on the underside ivory, mounted on silver gilt sleeve: 8cm., 3 1/8 in.overall: 13cm., 5 1/8 in.he silver fully marked, London, 1829, with a crowned I.B of John Bridge for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, and scratched: 1174 on the underside ivory, mounted on silver gilt sleeve: 8cm., 3 1/8 in.overall: 13cm., 5 1/8 in. Estimate 15,000-25,000 GBP - Lot Sold: 18,750 GBP
NOTE: For similar facial and body types compare a sleeve in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum representing Diana and her Nymphs which is based on engravings by Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius.
RELATED LITERATURE: R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, cat. Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, vol. IV, Augsburg, 1926, p. 47, no. 156, pl. 85
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