A parcel gilt silver drinking vessel formed as an owl - image-1

Lot 456 Dα

A parcel gilt silver drinking vessel formed as an owl

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 11:00 - Decorative Arts I (Silver)
Estimate: 2.400 € - 3.000 €
Result: 9.300 € (incl. premium)

A parcel gilt silver drinking vessel formed as an owl

Finely wrought model of a perching bird on a waisted base. With removable head. H 26 cm, weight 504 g.
Unmarked, presumably Lucerne, Atelier Bossard, ca. 1900.

After the so-called Basler Kauzbecher from 1590 by the Master Bernhard Koch which is now housed in the Historisches Museum Basel.