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Lot 1661 Dα

A Frankfurt parcel gilt silver coin-set beaker

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 18:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 4.300 € - 4.800 €
Result: 5.580 € (incl. premium)

A Frankfurt parcel gilt silver coin-set beaker

A conical beaker on a flat base, engraved to the body with scrollwork and trailing acanthus amid 32 16th - 18th century coins in four stepped rows. Some Danzig "dreigroschen" with portraits of King Sigismund I of Poland, some Brunswick-Lüneburg, and some Brandenburg. The base inset with a Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel "24 mariengroschen" coin dated 1698. Monogrammed "J.C.B." and dated 1738 below the rim. H 12 cm, weight 265 g.
Marks of G. Wolff, ca. 1730.

Literature

Scheffler mentions a beaker by Wolff with three rows of coins on the Hamburg art market.