Property of a Private British Collector
A silver-gilt mounted glass tankard, unmarked, probably German, early 18th century
Lot Closed
November 12, 01:48 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
The faceted glass body with faint purple tinge, the similarly faceted silver-gilt mounts with leaf thumb-piece and later English crest.
12.5cm., 4¾in high
Sotheby's, London, 23 May 1985, lot 97
Christie's, London, 14 July 1993, lot 97
The design of this tankard can be compared to faceted serpentine and Böttger pieces produced in Germany in the beginning of the 18th century.
Three silver chocolate pots with similar facetted decoration have been noted, all marked for Pezé Pilleau, London 1730-1731 (for one example see Sotheby's, London, 25 February 1954, lot 77).
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