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Lot 1614 Dα

An Augsburg silver gilt gadrooned chalice

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 18:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 4.340 € (incl. premium)

An Augsburg silver gilt gadrooned chalice

On a domed waisted base, the short central shaft with three scrolls and floral appliques. The narrow conical cuppa with smooth lip, the upper gadroons with snakeskin decor. H 21 cm, weight 259 g.
Marks of Melchior Bair, 1626 - 30.

Provenance

Purchased from Kunsthandel Helga Matzke, Grünwald; private collection, Lower Saxony.

Literature

Cf. an identical beaker by Bair, illus. in: Seling 1980, no. 121.