NICHOLLS & PLINCKE, Reward tabard.

A tankard or covered beer mug in 800°/°° hallmarked silver, richly decorated with lambrequins and with a vermeil (gilded silver) interior. The body, resting on a pedestal, is baluster-shaped. The lower section is decorated with figures of merchants set within niches and is connected to the neck by a straight handle adorned with fluting. The lid is crowned with an openwork fleur-de-lis. St Petersburg, 1862, hallmarked with the double-headed eagle. Assayer’s hallmarks: Eduard Brandenburg; silversmith’s hallmarks: initials NP. The reverse is engraved with an inventory number (?) in pointillist style. Height: 18.5 cm. Net weight: 500 g. (wear to the gilding, a few scratches).

Estimate:£6,674.02

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