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Lot 414 Dα

A Baroque parcel gilt silver snakeskin beaker

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 10.000 € - 14.000 €
Bid

A Baroque parcel gilt silver snakeskin beaker

Tapering vessel with cast silver scroll handle. The outer surface finely engraved to resemble snakeskin. Domed, hinged cover with bifurcated thumb rest and compressed bun finial. H 16.6 cm, weight 610 g.
Marks of Johann Betz, 1697.

Provenance

Collection of Harald Stein, Hannover, offered in Lempertz auction 888, 2006, lot 365; Westphalian private collection.