Vermeil Ivory Tankwart
Johann Georg Kern, c. 1645/50
With allegories of the five senses and Tribulatio Cordis
Ivory: Johann Georg Kern (1622 – 1698), c. 1645/50
Silver: Ferdinand Schönfeld (Master 1686)
City mark: PYR for Augsburg, 1690/95
Ivory, Silver, cast, chased, engraved, gilt
Height: 28.8 cm, weight: 2032 g
Literature: Seling, vol. 3, Munich 2007, p. 44-45; p. 401, No. 1822.
Grünes Gewölbe, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, compare with inv. no. II 29.