A CONTINENTAL PARCEL-GILT TANKARD

CIRCA 1700, GERMAN OR BALTIC, WITH RUSSIAN IMPORT MARKS FOR 1761, ASSAYMASTER IVAN FROLOV, ST. PETERSBURG

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A CONTINENTAL PARCEL-GILT TANKARD
circa 1700, German or Baltic, with Russian import marks for 1761, assaymaster Ivan Frolov, St. Petersburg
Plain cylindrical on circular domed spreading base, inset beneath with a coin, with scroll handle and domed cover with scroll thumbpiece, the cover further inset with a coin, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on base and cover
20 cm. (7 7/8 in.) high
1071 gr. (34 oz.)

拍品专文

The arms are those of Klebeck, Lithuania and Latvia
The coin in the cover is a thaler of Friedrich II of Pfalz, 1547, that in the base is from the Low Countries