Gottfried Bartermann German silver wedding ring dish on foot

embossed, chased and pierced with emblems of Love in a rococo setting

G. Laue, Munich

Exh. Cat. Couven-Museum Aachen, 2003, no. 150
Dr. István Heller and  Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schneider, article published in conjunction with TEFAF Maastricht 2003, Masterpieces of European Goldsmiths’ works 1560-1860, Couven Museum, Aachen, 2003, pp. 16-21, no. 9

small repair to rim, a few minor dents and small split to foot rim, overall condition good, marks good.
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Gottfried Bartermann of Augsburg was born in 1705.  He became a master goldsmith in 1733. His first wife, Maria Regina, whom he married in 1733, was a daughter of the goldsmith Elias Adam; his second wife, whom he married in 1750, was Regina Jakobina Ernst. He died in 1769.