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Lot 1640 Dα

The Augsburg silver christening set of the Counts of Thun-Hohenstein

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 18:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 20.000 € - 24.000 €
Result: 18.600 € (incl. premium)
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The Augsburg silver christening set of the Counts of Thun-Hohenstein

Comprising a pitcher, bowl, and two small dishes. The 12-lobed bowl with a gadrooned rim and engraved to the broad border with strapwork. With a pedestal to the centre for the conforming pitcher. Both shallow dishes of shaped oval form, all pieces engraved with the coat-of-arms of Thun-Hohenstein beneath a comital crown. Diameter of bowl 37; H of jug 20 cm; L of dishes 20; W 15.5 cm, total weight 1,300 g.
Marks of Johann David Saler, 1711 - 15.

Provenance

Auctioned by Stuker, Bern, 1970s. - Private collection, Baden.

Literature

Cf. a communion chalice by Saler illus. in cat.: Ein rheinischer Silberschatz, Schmuck und Gerät aus Privatbesitz, Cologne 1980, no. 174; a further chalice in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, illus. in cat.: Schätze Deutscher Goldschmiedekunst von 1500 bis 1920, Berlin 1992, no. 134.