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Auction archive: Lot number 472

A DUTCH SILVER-GILT TANKARD

Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,480 - US$64,134
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 472

A DUTCH SILVER-GILT TANKARD

Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,480 - US$64,134
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A DUTCH SILVER-GILT TANKARD MARK OF JAN BUYSEN, AMSTERDAM, 1786 On spreading foot chased with sea creatures, the body embossed with scenes from the life of a Dutch naval hero Michiel de Ruyter, the handle in the form of the Lion Dutch Republic, with inscription 'ON SE DOOR LUGHTIGE ZEE HELDEN', the cover surmounted by a demasted man-o-war, marked underneath 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high 42 oz. 17 dwt. (1,333 gr.) The inscription in old Dutch reads 'ON SE DOOR LUGHTIGE ZEE HELDEN', which translates loosely as 'Our Respected Sea Heroes'.

Auction archive: Lot number 472
Auction:
Datum:
14 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

A DUTCH SILVER-GILT TANKARD MARK OF JAN BUYSEN, AMSTERDAM, 1786 On spreading foot chased with sea creatures, the body embossed with scenes from the life of a Dutch naval hero Michiel de Ruyter, the handle in the form of the Lion Dutch Republic, with inscription 'ON SE DOOR LUGHTIGE ZEE HELDEN', the cover surmounted by a demasted man-o-war, marked underneath 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high 42 oz. 17 dwt. (1,333 gr.) The inscription in old Dutch reads 'ON SE DOOR LUGHTIGE ZEE HELDEN', which translates loosely as 'Our Respected Sea Heroes'.

Auction archive: Lot number 472
Auction:
Datum:
14 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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