Lot 1745 D α

Guild symbol of a butchers' guild

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
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Guild symbol of a butchers' guild

Pewter vessel in the form of an axe with four small dolphin-shaped hanging hooks. The blade engraved with a butcher, ox's head and a lion rampant, dated 1745 (?) and monogrammed. Unmarked. With dents and minor repairs to the hanging hooks. L c. 72, W c. 33 cm.
Central Europe, first half 18th C.

Literature

Cf. the two guild signs formed as tools in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Cologne, in Haedeke, Zinn, Cologne 1968, no. 170 f.