Lot 326
  • 326

A SWISS PARCEL-GILT SILVER HERALDIC CUP AND COVER, HANS JACOB BULLINGER III, ZURICH, CIRCA 1680 |

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 33cm., 13in. high
the bowl chased and embossed with scrolling foliage, the cover similarly chased below a lion erased finial holding a star, the stem similarly modelled as a lion erased holding a shield engraved with a crest, between sheet scroll-work, on a domed circular foot embossed with flowers

Literature

Eva-Maria Lösel, Zürcher Goldschmiede Kunst: vom 13. bis zum 19. Jahrundert, Zurich, 1983, pp. 172, no. 99)

Condition

Clearly marked to foot-rim. The shield carried by the lion stem is partly loose. Some teeth on the sheet scroll-work finial missing. Otherwise nice gilding and good condition.
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