Silver tankard with cherubs' heads, German

An image of Silver/Tankard. Unknown, silversmith, Augsburg. The slightly convex sloping cylindrical sides embossed and chased with a formal pattern of strapwork, cherubs' heads, fruit and scrolls on a matted ground. The low everted foot has two reeded borders with a matted border between. The cover is stepped and slightly domed; the outer border is embossed and chased with straps and fruit, round an inner border of gadroons on a matted ground containing an inverted bell-shaped finial. The handle is cast with a winged caryatid. The thumb-piece is modelled as a shell between two scrolls. Silver-gilt, height, to top of finial, 16 cm, diameter, base, 10.7 cm, weight, whole, 532 g, circa 1590-1620. Mannerist.

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Silver/Tankard. Unknown, silversmith, Augsburg. The slightly convex sloping cylindrical sides embossed and chased with a formal pattern of strapwork, cherubs' heads, fruit and scrolls on a matted ground. The low everted foot has two reeded borders with a matted border between. The cover is stepped and slightly domed; the outer border is embossed and chased with straps and fruit, round an inner border of gadroons on a matted ground containing an inverted bell-shaped finial. The handle is cast with a winged caryatid. The thumb-piece is modelled as a shell between two scrolls. Silver-gilt, height, to top of finial, 16 cm, diameter, base, 10.7 cm, weight, whole, 532 g, circa 1590-1620. Mannerist.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.41-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 939 pixels
Image width: 759 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 664.41kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2007:11:08 16:34:00

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16th Century 17th Century caryatids chased cherubs cover cylindrical drinking vessel embossed finial Fitz_AA fruits gadroons German hinged lidded Mannerism Mannerist mugs scrolling scrolls scrollwork shells Silver silver-gilt silverware sloping strapwork tankard thumb-piece thumbpiece vessel

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