The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 280
A RARE AND FINELY CAST BRASS 'SILVER-FORM' TANKARD
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
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