A RARE PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER COVERED CUPS, IGNATIUS CASPER BERTHOLT, AUGSBURG, 1777-79
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November 20, 08:47 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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A RARE PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER COVERED CUPS, IGNATIUS CASPER BERTHOLT, AUGSBURG, 1777-79
on shaped circular foot, baluster stem, waisted body and foot chased with rococo shell and foliate motifs, gilt interior, slip on lids with matching chasing and rayed disc finial, engraved with Hebrew inscriptions along rim for marriage, gilt interiors
each marked on rim, foot, and lid with city mark including date letter Y for 1777-79 and maker’s mark
height 8½ in.
21.6 cm
The rims are engraved with wedding blessing which translated reads: May there be heard soon, lord over G-d, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of husband and bride, Blessed are you who gladden husband and bride”. Also engraved If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy" [Psalm 137:5-6].
Ignatius Caspar Bertholt was born in 1719, son of silversmith Franz Ignas Bertholt, became master in 1750 and died in 1794, specialized in religious silver. See Helmut Seling, Die Augsburger Gold- und Silberschmiede 1529-1868, no. 2405, p. 618.