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Lot 532 Dα

Five vermeil-mounted ruby glass bottles from a travel necessaire

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
18.11.2022, 10:30 - Silver
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.400 €

Five vermeil-mounted ruby glass bottles from a travel necessaire

One hexagonal and four octagonal bottles with cylindrical silver gilt mountings and screw-top lids. H 5.5 - 6 cm.
Unmarked, attributed to Augsburg, c. 1690.

Provenance

Dutch private collection.

Literature

Cf. bottles in a travel service by Tobias Baur, Augsburg c. 1690, illus. in Seling 1980, no. 559, 560. Another in cat. Silber auf Reisen, Fulda 1991, no. 43.