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23 novembre 2016

Large, impressive ivory tankard and cover with silver mounts, probably Southern France, about 1720

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Lot 750. Large, impressive ivory tankard and cover with silver mounts, probably Southern France, about 1720. Estimate: € 14000-16000Photo Hampel Auction.

Height: 67 cm. Ivory carved in high relief. Wrought copper insert, applies interior. Silver feet and cover mounts.Unidentified hallmarks: "L." in transverse rhombus flanked by two oval hallmarks in the shape of pinecones and assay scrape underneath. Two vertical, lancet-shaped silver buckles on Either Side, one engraved: "Sans pain, sans vin; l'amour n'est rien "[Without bread and wine, love is nothing]. These two buckles were probably Applied later, one probably to cover a shrinkage crack in the tankard and the other as its counterpart. Winged putti hold two crowned coat of arms; on the left the monogram "MW" is discernible, the mongram on the right is harder to decipher, Possibly "NI" (?). The figures of a dragon and a wolf below can probably be interpreted as heraldic animals and the tankard Could Possibly Therefore be a wedding gift of princely or royal provenance. With minor shrinkage cracks and minor signs of aging.

Hampel. Wednesday, December 7, 2016

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