A rare Lindau silver christening bowl - image-1
A rare Lindau silver christening bowl - image-2
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Lot 1076 Dα

A rare Lindau silver christening bowl

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 10:00 - Deorative Arts
Estimate: 1.600 € - 1.800 €
Result: 1.736 € (incl. premium)

A rare Lindau silver christening bowl

Inscribed dedication to the centre: "Ao. 1693. a di 1 Apprill Sonabend nachts Zw: 9 und 10 Uhr ist gebohren Georg Walter Pfister Sein Gevatter Herr Johan Mathias Rader G.G.G." W 17; H 13.5 cm, weight 63 g.
Marks of Master AIR, ca. 1693.

Literature

Cf. an almost identical bowl by the same maker (and his godson) illus. in: Schmidt, Lindau, Goldschmiedemarken: neue Forschungsergebnisse, part 11, in: Weltkunst, issue 2/1998, p. 315 ff.