- Serpentinhumpen

auction 928, Lot 40

THE RUDOLF NEUMEISTER COLLECTION - HIGHLIGHTS

on 22 October 2019

 

Serpentinhumpen

estimate:
€ 14.000 to € 18.000

Differenzbesteuerung    

result:
€ 19.685 (incl. 27 % buyer's premium)

description:

A Silver-Mounted Serpentine Tankard

Saxony, 1st third of the 17th Century

 

Serpentine, gilt silver mounted foot and cover. Tapering cylindrical form, silver handle modelled as a female caryatid with scrolled thumbpiece, domed lid with turned finial. Silver waist band with hunting frieze. The lid decorated in relief: cartouches with hunting scenes and mascarons. Inner side of the lid engraved with a coat of arms. Damaged. Height 17.5 cm.