Bluish-white opalescent glass. Cylindrical tankard shape, slightly elevated base with a chip. Cut decoration. On the front side, an emblematic round medallion with a flaming heart on a column and a corresponding motto "constancy, delight me"; flanking, or as a framing, rich bandwork with shells, acanthus scrolls, and flowers. Silver mounting on the foot ring and lip rim with serrated teeth, on the handle a band with scale pattern. The overarching, hinged silver lid with a small knob. In the center, the medal for the birth of the heir apparent Archduke Leopold of Austria 1716, issued by his great-uncle and Bishop of Breslau Franz Ludwig von Neuburg (1693-1732); the lid rim adorned with eight small coins, except for a Roman denarius mostly 1/24 thaler coins, including Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle under Duke Georg Wilhelm (1665-1705), 1696, and the counties of Stolberg-Stolberg and Stolberg-Roßla, 1724, under the counts Christoph Friedrich and Jost Christian; on the pusher a 1/48 thaler coin of the counties of Stolberg. H. 12.5 cm. A small German, probably Saxon or Thuringian, opal glass tankard with a silver lid inset with coins and a commemorative medal. German, probably Saxony or Thuringia. Circa 1725-1730.
