Ilmari Tapiovaara / Hannes Niemi, 'Minotaurus' silver tankard, Helsinki 1964.

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Height 43 cm, width 34 cm. Weight ca. 1500 g.
Between the horns, engraved "FRATERNITAS SANCTI NICOLAI-KILTA".
Inscriptions around the base in Finnish "A.D. MXMLXIV Post Christum lahjoitettiin tämä terwetuliainen, joka sisällensä vetää 1 kannullinen eli 2 tuoppia eli 8 korttelia eli 32 jumprua täyttä ainetta mainoshoitajain FSN-Killalle Kustannusliike Apu-lehdeltä".
Free translation: 'A.D. MXMLXIV Post Christum This gift, with the capacity of 1 pitcher or 2 pints or 8 quarters or 32...' (old Finnish measurements equiv. 8,179 cl) 'of full substance, was donated to the FSN advertisement guild by the publisher of the Apu magazine'.

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Silversmith Hannes Niemi received the State prize of Industrial art in 1970, the designer Ilmari Tapiovaara the year after.

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