A Nuremberg Renaissance silver gilt nef from the 'Regensburger Silberfund'

A Nuremberg Renaissance silver gilt nef from the 'Regensburger Silberfund' Broad basal ring and domed foot with embossed waves and mythical creatures. The slender shaft with scroll brackets and decorative foliage. The tapered hull with a surrounding engraved vine frieze. Three standing sailors on the rear deck, two holding rifles, the third waving a flag. The high central mast with billowing sail and lookout; hoisting a waving flag. Original silver wire rigging, two climbing sailors in the shrouds. Remnants of original polychromy. H 41 cm, weight 381 g. Marks of Tobias Wolff, 1609 -1623. French importmark, in use from 1893.

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