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Lot 85
  • 85

Abraham Steber I German silver salver on foot and silver-gilt wine taster

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • silver, gilt, ivory
  • 25.5cm, 10in ; 9.5cm, 3 3/4 in wide respectively
salver, shaped oval, marked on body and foot, wine taster with later ivory handle

Literature

Exh. Cat. Couven-Museum Aachen, 2003, no. 109 & no. 95
Klaus Pechstein, ‘Schätze deutscher Goldschmiedekunst, Ergänzung zu den Ausstellungen in Hanau’, Weltkunst, December 1992, pp. 3523-3525, fig. 383
Klaus Pechstein, ‘Schätze deutscher Goldschmiedekunst, Ergänzung zu den Ausstellungen in Lüneburg und Pforzheim’, Weltkunst, July 1993, pp.1657-1659, fig. 418

Condition

a few normal scratches and little dents. general condition good. nice colour. good marks. ivory handle of wine taster probably later, a few little scratches underneath. good marks. good condition.
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Catalogue Note

See catalogue note at Sothebys.com