STYLE: European Silver, Gold Boxes and Ceramics
STYLE: European Silver, Gold Boxes and Ceramics
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT FRUIT-SHAPED CUP AND COVER, THE FOOT MARKED FOR CHRISTIAN HORNUNG, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1680
Auction Closed
November 11, 04:08 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT FRUIT-SHAPED CUP AND COVER, THE FOOT MARKED FOR CHRISTIAN HORNUNG, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1680
stylised pine-cone form, the cover with finial modelled as a falconer supporting a heraldic shield, with engraved coat-of-arms and dated 1657, quatrafoil open scrollwork stem between sheet-scrollwork, on a spreading circular base chased with fruits and flowers, later Dutch control marks to cover, body, and foot
26.2cm., 10 1/2in.high
274gr., 8oz. 16dwt.
Otto F. Ernst, Gold-und Silberschmiedearbeiten 15 -19. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden, 1969, p. 18, no. 34.