A German silver-gilt shaped oval basin, Johann Jakob Bruglocher II, Augsburg, 1722-26

finely chased with panels of Régence strapwork on matting surrounding applied male and female portrait medallions

Johann Jacob Bruglocher was one of the most successful Augsburg goldsmiths of the early to mid-18th century with clients that included Augustus the Strong, Friedrich II of Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg, Johannes Ernst von Biron Duke of Kurland, the Electors of Bavaria Karl Albrecht and Maximilian III, as well as the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm I. See: Exhibition catalogue, Silber und Gold, Augsburger goldschmiedekunst für die höfe europas, Munich, 23 February-29 May 1994, appendix p. xii