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Lot 1017 Dα

An Augsburg Rococo silver wine cooler

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 10.625 € (incl. premium)
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An Augsburg Rococo silver wine cooler

Tapering vessel with foliate handles and moulded rim, decorated with finely chased shellwork and rocailles. H 18 cm, weight 1,279 g.
Marks of Bernhard Heinrich Weyhe, 1743 - 1745.

Literature

Cf. a writing set by Weyhe in the treasury of the Munich Residenz, illus. in Seling 1980, no. 979.
Cf. also a pair of tureens in the Bavarian National Museum illus. in cat. Silber und Gold, Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst für die Höfe Europas, Munich 1994, no. 153.
For more on Weyhe see also ibid. p. XXVIII:
"Die aus der Werkstatt Weyhes, eines der führenden Goldschmiede Augsburgs in der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts hervorgegangenen Werke - vorwiegend prunkvolles Tafelgerät für höfische Auftraggeber - bezeugen seine Meisterschaft im Stil des Rokoko."