A BALTIC PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD

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A BALTIC PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
RIGA, DATED 1728, MAKER'S MARK IGB

Cylindrical on three foliate ball feet, the tubular handle chased with foliage and scrolls and terminating in scrolls and openwork, with tri-form pomegranate thumbpiece, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within palm fronds, the flat hinged cover similarly engraved with a band of flowerheads enclosing an inscription Helena Barbara Gilbert Wittibe Vronne Anno 1728 den 7 Sept., marked under base--9½in.(24.2cm.) high
(56oz., 1762gr.)