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Lot 716 Dα

An Augsburg silver shell chalice

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 14.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 20.000 € (incl. premium)

An Augsburg silver shell chalice

Silver; gold-plated. Silver-gilt chalice with a domed quatrefoil foot engraved with acanthus supporting a finely chased figure of a nobleman holding a coiled snake beneath a large, shell shaped cuppa crowned by a detailed model of a rearing ibex. Stamps; BZ Augsburg for 1663 - 66, MZ Hans Otto (c. 1638 - 78, Seling no. 0660, 1491), tremolier engraving. H 30 cm, weight 337 g.
Marks of Hans Otto, 1663 – 66.

Provenance

Italian private collection.

Literature

Cf. a shell chalice by Otto in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum in Zurich, illus in: Seling 1980, no. 406.