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TANKARD

Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)

On view in: First Floor Library


About this object

The ivory body of the tankard is carved with a battle scene of many horsemen and footmen fighting. The central horseman on the front has a phalera with the double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire and the figure behind him carries a banner, possibly meaning that the foremost horseman is the Emperor Maximilian. On the cover is a free-standing group in ivory of a cavalier astride a horse with a hunting horn. The ivory handle has a herm with a helmeted head of a bearded man and a shield of arms with fleur-de-lys. The copper gilt mounting has rinceau and strapwork in repousse and stippling. There are four grotesque masks for the feet.

Object name:
TANKARD
Made from:
Ivory -- copper gilt
Made in:
Munich, Germany
Date made:
after 1850
Size:
33.7 cm (13 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
36.11
Class:
IVORY
Signature marks:
COAT OF ARMS on handle: fleur de lys; on front: Habsburg eagle
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973