LARGE SILVER TANKARD WITH DEPICTIONS OF EMPEROR LEOPOLD I.
Leipzig. Presumably 1692/94. Joachim Krumpholtz.

Silver with part and interior gilding. On flat rim domed base with leaf and fruit relief. On the cylindric side four medallions with the portrait of Emperor Leopold I with laurel wreath and the circumscription 'LEO POLDVS'; in between fruit wreaths. The flattened hinged lid with matching medallion and the scroll handle with fork-shaped thumbpiece. Ca. 760g. Height 18cm.

Inspection mark Leipzig (Rosenberg no.2995); year letter only very faint; maybe Q for 1692/94; maker's mark; slightly worn; Joachim Krumpholtz (since 1669; ibid. no.3054). Condition B/C.

Provenance:
Lower Rhine private collection.

The medallions with a portrait in profile of Emperor Leopold I. (1657-1705) match his depictions on coins during his regency.Art trade; Van Ham.