A rare German silver tankard
MARK OF BEREND VON ACKEN, KIEL, DATED 1671, MAKER'S MARK ONLY
A rare German silver tankard Mark of Berend von Acken, Kiel, dated 1671, maker's mark only Cylindrical on three spirally fluted ball feet and with beaded scroll handle, the body spirally fluted into panels alternatively plain and embossed with Europa and the Bull, Diana and Acteon and Cupid before an altar, above scenes of putti at play, the hinged cover with foliate thumbpiece, similarly decorated and centred by accolée coats-of-arms initialled AVA BVA , inscribed at the rim Bernhart von Acken Adelheit von Acken 1671 , marked on base and with a later Dutch duty mark on cover and upper rim 19 cm. high 656 gr.
A rare German silver tankard
MARK OF BEREND VON ACKEN, KIEL, DATED 1671, MAKER'S MARK ONLY
A rare German silver tankard Mark of Berend von Acken, Kiel, dated 1671, maker's mark only Cylindrical on three spirally fluted ball feet and with beaded scroll handle, the body spirally fluted into panels alternatively plain and embossed with Europa and the Bull, Diana and Acteon and Cupid before an altar, above scenes of putti at play, the hinged cover with foliate thumbpiece, similarly decorated and centred by accolée coats-of-arms initialled AVA BVA , inscribed at the rim Bernhart von Acken Adelheit von Acken 1671 , marked on base and with a later Dutch duty mark on cover and upper rim 19 cm. high 656 gr.
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