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456 - Large Hallen-style tankard with a Christmas scene in silver, museum quality. Domed base with flared footring, cylindrical sides, and a domed hinged lid with a flared rim and split thumb rest. Cast handle featuring a female herm. The openwork decoration features acanthus leaves on the base rim; on the lid, cherubs playing music among additional acanthus leaves; to the right of the handle, the Adoration of the Magi; and to the left of the handle, the Adoration of the Shepherds. Stamped with the city mark, Master August Hosse (1657–1732), year letter “I.” Weight: approx. 1,615 g. Height: 21.5 cm.
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Large Hallen-style tankard with a Christmas scene in silver, museum quality. Domed base with flared footring, cylindrical sides, and a domed hinged lid with a flared rim and split thumb rest. Cast handle featuring a female herm. The openwork decoration features acanthus leaves on the base rim; on the lid, cherubs playing music among additional acanthus leaves; to the right of the handle, the Adoration of the Magi; and to the left of the handle, the Adoration of the Shepherds. Stamped with the city mark, Master August Hosse (1657–1732), year letter “I.” Weight: approx. 1,615 g. Height: 21.5 cm. With its wide diameter, openwork body, herm-shaped handle, and thumb rest, this tankard exemplifies the design style typical of Halle—as epitomized by August Hosse—for lidded tankards. See Rosenberg, Vol. II, Nos. 2303, 2309, 2310, 2324, and Overzier, Fig. 31, p. 39. A rare Saxony-Anhalt silver tankard with an embossed biblical scene depicting the Adoration of the Magi and the Adoration of the Shepherds by August Hosse (1657–1732). City and master’s mark, date letter “I.” German. Halle/Saale. Circa 1715.
Auction details
International Fine Art Auction No. 198 - PART IAuction house
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