Lot 52. A Regensburg silver gilt tankard, Regensburg, marks of Hans Ludwig Federer, circa 1620. H 18.5 cm, weight 628 g. Estimate: €12,000 - €15,000. Courtesy Kunsthaus Lempertz

Slightly tapering vessel on a shallow base, with moulded rim and C-shaped handle. Embossed with animal depictions in oval landscape reserves amid scrollwork and cherub's heads. The domed lid with corresponding decoration, small baluster form finial and a female herm forming the thumb rest. Engraved on the underside with owner's monograms “A.S.F.G.Z.L.” and “A.M.C.C.D.L.W.”

Literature: Rosenberg mentions a dish by this maker in the Bayerisches Gewerbemuseum in Nuremberg, today in the holdings of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum.