LARGE GILT COPPER TANKARD, RUSSIA, XIXTH CENTURY ornamented with rich frieze in patinated copper, anthropomorphic figure in foliate socket, lid inscribed on the inside and dated 1846; minor defects, a few scratches, the lid with slight deformation, one foot to be fixed The inside of the lid bears an engraved dedication (dated 27 September 1886) by A. Kaufman to Nikolai Leontievich Benois, a well-known Russian architect, on a 50th anniversary Cm 24.5X23 Body diameter, cm 16 A GILT COPPER TANKARD, RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY; MINOR DEFECTS, FEW SCRATCHES, LID WITH A DAMAGE, ONE FOOT TO BE FIXED