TANKARD
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith) , Unknown (Sculptor)
On view in: First Floor Library
About this object
The ivory body of the tankard is carved with a battle scene of many horsemen and footmen fighting. The central horseman on the front has a phalera with the double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, and the figure behind him carries a banner, possibly meaning that the foremost horseman is the Emperor Maximilian. On the cover is a free-standing group in ivory of a cavalier astride a horse with a hunting horn. The ivory handle has a herm with a helmeted head of a bearded man and a shield of arms with fleur-de-lys. The copper-gilt mounting has rinceau and strapwork in repousse and stippling. The feet are four grotesque masks.
- Object name:
- TANKARD
- Made from:
- Ivory -- copper gilt
- Made in:
- Munich, Germany
- Date made:
- c. 1875
- Size:
- 33.7 cm (13 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.11
- Class:
- IVORY
- Signature marks:
- COAT OF ARMS Fleur de lys [on handle] Habsburg eagle [on front]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973