Tankard with cast pageboy head and images of cavalrymen, foliage shoots and figured shield-type medallions
Tankard with cast pageboy head and images of cavalrymen, foliage shoots and figured shield-type medallions
Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg
1880
Nordberg Joseph
Silver; casting, chasing, repousse, gilding
22.0 x 17.3 x 12.4 cm
Maker’s maker “I*N”; initials of Saint-Petersburg assay master “A.M.” above the date “1851”; alloy “84”; Saint-Petersburg city mark; alloy “875”
Silver tankard, gilded inside, partly externally, with conical hexagonal body, hinged lid with thumb ramp, and ornately shaped handle. Each side of the tankard is decorated with the images of cavalrymen armed with spears over reposed background; acanthus curled shoots finishing with leafy rosette and smooth ornately shaped shield-type medallions. The tankard body is ornated with high relief pageboy head in beret with feather. The hinged lid is crowned by onion dome and decorated with smooth ornately shaped shields framed by foliage shoots. Ornately shaped handle is smooth and décor free. The tankard is realized in the Historicism style.
Инв.671/ДПИ