Lot 1142 D α

A Mechelen silver spice cruet set

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 4.000 € - 4.300 €
Result: 5.000 € (incl. premium)

A Mechelen silver spice cruet set

Comprising a mustard pot and spice caster. Baluster-form vessels on square bases, the mustard pot with an angular scroll handle and tin inset. H c. 19.5 cm, total weight 637 g.
Marks of Pieter Barbieri, 1753.

Literature

Cf. an almost identical set made in Mechelen illustrated in cat. Meesterwerken in Zilver uit Privé-Verzamelingen, Gent 1985, no. 310.