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Lot 83
  • 83

Paul Solanier German silver tumbler cup

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver
  • 4.8cm, 1 7/8 in high
circular, engraved with three vignettes of a huntsman wildfowling, a sailing vessel and ruin by a lake with scrolling foliage between

Literature

Exh. Cat. Couven-Museum Aachen, 2003, no. 53

Condition

Gilding inside partly worn. Some very small dents. Legible marks under the base with assay scrape. Very nice quality of engraving.
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Catalogue Note

Paul Solanier was born in Nuremberg in 1635 and became a master goldsmith in 1665. He married twice and died in 1724.