A silver rubel beaker commemorating the battle of Zorndorff - image-1

Lot 386 Dα

A silver rubel beaker commemorating the battle of Zorndorff

Auction 1084 - overview Berlin
03.05.2017, 18:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 3.720 € (incl. premium)

A silver rubel beaker commemorating the battle of Zorndorff

Made from a rubel coin, interior gilt, engraved to the rim "Zorndorff: d 25: August:1758:" and lightly incised "CHB". H 3.5 cm, weight 20 g.
Landsberg an der Warthe, marks of Johann Friedrich Wagenknecht, circa 1758.

Literature

Cf. a pair of rubel beakers by this maker illus. in: Scheffler, Mittel- und Nordostdeutschland 1980, no. 7 - Sold in Lempertz auction 928 in 2008, lot 644.