A RARE AND FINELY CAST BRASS 'SILVER-FORM' TANKARD

A RARE AND FINELY CAST BRASS 'SILVER-FORM' TANKARD

PROBABLY NORTH BALTIC, SCANDINAVIAN OR GERMAN, C.1740-60

having a cylindrical drum with upper and lower narrow fillet, a domed lid with ball knop, solid scroll thumbpiece and five lug hinge, a double C-scroll handle, on three downswept scroll-ended feet, tinned interior, a foundry patch to base

19.8cm high