Timbale couverte sur trois pieds boules en argent et vermeil par Johann Amende, Augsbourg, vers 1695-1700

le corps gravé de trois paysages annotés HF ST G Ambthauss zue Nesslauw, Gegne zum Stein et Gegne der Statt Weyl, le couvercle gravé à l'intérieur des armes des barons Hardenberg, de Saxe, timbrées d'une couronne allemande de baron



engraved with three city views and inscribed HF ST G Ambthauss zue Nesslauw, Gegne zum Stein et Gegne der Statt Weyl, the cover engraved inside with the arms of Barons Hardenberg, of Saxony

Sotheby's New York, 18 février 1981, n° 382

Meisterwerke der Goldschmiedekunst, Bayerischen Nationalmuseum, Münich, 2004, p. 31, n° 14

Stein, 1985, p. 3845

Gilding very pale. Very nice quality of engraving. The three ball feet with dents. Marks legible under the base and on the cover.
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Wil, Nesslau et Stein sont trois localités situées dans le canton de Saint-Gall en Suisse.

The three Swiss cities illustrated  are Wil, Nesslau  and Stein in the Canton of St Galen