Tankard with cover

Metalwork Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.1249.1
Date of production:
second half of the 19th cent.
Place of production: Germany (presumably)
Inscription: fenekén beütött (azonosítatlan) városjegy
Materials: silver
Techniques: cast; chased; chiselled; gilded
Dimensions:
height: 15,3 cm
base diameter: 10 cm
opening diameter: 8 cm
The round, jointed foot supports a conical, slightly narrowing body decorated with scrolling-flowery Neo-Renaissance motifs, enclosing three oval cartouches, each depicting a child's head. The domed, folding cover is equipped with a masked tumbler. The top has a jointed, flat finial. The double-scroll handle of the tankard is decorated with a female herm.

Literature

  • a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 392. (Békési Éva)