A late 17th/early 18th century repoussé-decorated copper wine cistern, German, bearing the arms of the city of Nuremberg


With rolled rim, and a pair of articulated bale handles, the body decorated to one side with the Great Arms of Nuremberg, a crowned harpy, amidst foliage, and to the other side with the Lesser Arms of Nuremberg, Gespalten; vorne in Gold ein halber, rot gezungter und golden bewehrter schwarzer Adler am Spalt, hinten fünfmal schräg geteilt von Rot und Silber, on a spreading foot, 45.5cm wide x 31cm deep x 23.5cm high, (17 1/2in wide x 12in deep x 9in high)