拍品专文
The medal, by Eugel Hartman, commemorates the accession of Adolph Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, to the Swedish throne.
细节
A SWEDISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
VANERSBORG, 1762, MAKER'S MARK OF JOHAN GRONWALL
Of tapering cylindrical form on three ball feet chased with scrolls and rocaille and headed by applied cherub's heads amid acanthus, the lower body chased with a similiar rocaille and scroll band and engraved above with a similiar band, the tubular scroll handle terminating in a mask and with similar applied scroll decoration, the similar ball thumbpiece surmounted by baluster finial, the hinged domed cover chased with a similar scroll band with applied circular cartouches with classical masks at intervals, the cover set with a medal dated 1743, marked under base--7 3/4in. (19.6cm.) high
(43 oz.)
VANERSBORG, 1762, MAKER'S MARK OF JOHAN GRONWALL
Of tapering cylindrical form on three ball feet chased with scrolls and rocaille and headed by applied cherub's heads amid acanthus, the lower body chased with a similiar rocaille and scroll band and engraved above with a similiar band, the tubular scroll handle terminating in a mask and with similar applied scroll decoration, the similar ball thumbpiece surmounted by baluster finial, the hinged domed cover chased with a similar scroll band with applied circular cartouches with classical masks at intervals, the cover set with a medal dated 1743, marked under base--7 3/4in. (19.6cm.) high
(43 oz.)