The tapering cylindrical body of this tankard is embossed with female and male masks and a very dense pattern of strap- and scrollwork and festoons. Only the gadrooned foot rim, undecorated frame of the lid, and plain finial offer a moment of classical restraint.

Literature
European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby’s, Geneva, May 13, 1986, p. 32, no. 85.
Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 30, no. 8.

References
Tankards with similar handles were sold by Dr. Fischer Kunstauktionen in Heilbronn, sale no. 181, no. 4, and sale no. 182, no. 288.
Elemér Kőszeghy. Magyarországi ötvösjegyek a középkortól 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, no. 1342 [maker’s mark].

[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]