A Cologne parcel gilt silver Apostle beaker - image-1
A Cologne parcel gilt silver Apostle beaker - image-2
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Lot 358 Dα

A Cologne parcel gilt silver Apostle beaker

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 11:00 - Decorative Arts I (Silver)
Estimate: 2.400 € - 2.800 €
Result: 2.232 € (incl. premium)

A Cologne parcel gilt silver Apostle beaker

Cylindrical tapering beaker on a moulded basal ring. Engraved with fruit garlands and strapwork above three medallions with depictions of the Apostles Andrew, Peter, and Paul. With a later engraved monogram "W:M:". H 8 cm, weight 73 g.
Marks of Andreas Pauli, ca. 1650.

Literature

Cf. an identical beaker by this master with the Apostles Peter, Paul, and John in the Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, illus. in: Bemmann, Rheinisches Tafelsilber, Rheinbach-Merzbach 1992, no. 219, illus. 68.