Lot 66 Dα

A vermeil mounted Jasper dish and cover

Cast, embossed and gilt silver. Shallow semi-spherical dish with a slightly domed lid carved from white veined rusty red jasper agate with a pink and grey banded spherical finial. The moulded vermeil mountings with a raised basal ring and a band of finely engraved hanging acanthus tendrils beneath the rim, connected on either side by two clips. The scrolling cast silver handles on either side with sculpted griffon's heads. Unmarked. H 9, diameter 10 cm. Weight 358.24 g.
Italy or Southern Germany, 17th century.