Tankard - Hansekanne
Engraved and partially gilded silver
Lübeck, circa 1650
Jürgen Mansfeld
H : 24 cm
D : 16 cm
Weight : 1452 grams
Literature:
Marc Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Band II, n° 3201, p. 27.
Provenance
Alliance coat of arms not identified on the cover.
Description
The quality of this great tankard is remarkably expressed by a circular engraved decoration covering its entire surface. Three oval medallions depicting characters in a landscape are surrounded by auriculaire ornaments, particularly popular during the first half of the century and close to the models of Lucas Kilian (1579-1637), Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621-1674) or Johannes Lutma (1584-1669).
This type of high tankard, qualified as Hansekanne in German, is mainly found, as this term indicates, in the production of Hanseatic cities.
