A German gilt-copper Serpentine Tankard
A German gilt-copper Serpentine Tankard
Saxonia, most probably Zöblitz
before 1580
The thumbpiece in form of a 'nereide' and the foot mount with serrated edge
h: 20,5 cm
Comparative examples can be found in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Grünes Gewölbe, Inv. No. V392 as well as in the Badische Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Kat. No. 11.
Lit.: I. M. Hoyer, Sächsischer Serpentin, Leipzig 1995, p. 37ff.
Lit.: I. M. Hoyer, Sächsischer Serpentin, Leipzig 1995, p. 37ff.
