Lot 628 D α

A small Berlin silver gilt tureen

Auction 1253 - overview Cologne
15.11.2024, 10:00 - Silver
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 6.930 € (incl. premium)

A small Berlin silver gilt tureen

Bombé-form round vessel with rose sprig handles. The outer surface decorated with finely chased repoussé depictions of birds on earth mound bases. The lid with corresponding decor and a rosebud finial. H 17.5; W 22.5, D 15.5 cm, weight 719 g.
Marks of Jérémie Humbert and George Wilhelm Mar(g)graf, around 1770.

Literature

Cf. a sugar bowl with rose motifs in the collection of Dr. Günther Grethe, pictured in Wolfgang Scheffler, Berliner Goldschmiede, Berlin 1968, no. 62.