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A large parcel-gilt Lucerne silver drinking vessel with imperial portraits - image-1A large parcel-gilt Lucerne silver drinking vessel with imperial portraits - image-2A large parcel-gilt Lucerne silver drinking vessel with imperial portraits - image-3A large parcel-gilt Lucerne silver drinking vessel with imperial portraits - image-4A large parcel-gilt Lucerne silver drinking vessel with imperial portraits - image-5

Lot 457 Dα

A large parcel-gilt Lucerne silver drinking vessel with imperial portraits

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 11:00 - Decorative Arts I (Silver)
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
Result: 4.464 € (incl. premium)

A large parcel-gilt Lucerne silver drinking vessel with imperial portraits

Hexagonal corpus with slip lid. Decorated on all sides with engraved birds amid acanthus and Roman imperial portraits in oval reserves inscribed "C:MARIVS", "M.TVLLI(US) CICERO", "CNEVS.POMPEI(US)", "SCIPIO.AFRICANVS", "QVINT:TIAMINI(US)" and "M:PORTIVS.CATO". H 25 cm, weight 783 g.
Marks of Atelier Bossard, presumably Karl Silvan Bossard, ca. 1900.