A large Hamburg silver partially gilt communion jug. Marks of David Thomas Hell, 1776. - image-1
A large Hamburg silver partially gilt communion jug. Marks of David Thomas Hell, 1776. - image-2
A large Hamburg silver partially gilt communion jug. Marks of David Thomas Hell, 1776. - image-1A large Hamburg silver partially gilt communion jug. Marks of David Thomas Hell, 1776. - image-2

Lot 960 Dα

A large Hamburg silver partially gilt communion jug. Marks of David Thomas Hell, 1776.

Auction 1075 - overview Cologne
18.11.2016, 17:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 10.000 € - 13.000 €
Result: 10.540 € (incl. premium)

A large Hamburg silver partially gilt communion jug. Marks of David Thomas Hell, 1776.

The pear-shaped body with embossed rococo-decoration; the figure of a lamb on top of the domed cover. Dated 1776 to the base, the tip of the lamb's flag pole lacking. H 38 cm, weight 1278 g.

Literature

Mentioned in: Scheffler Niedersachsen p. 598, and in: Schliemann 1985, p. 431. Cf. a guild plaque by this maker in the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, illus. in: Schliemann 1985, no. 214.