Silver-gilt

Lot 8. A German silver-gilt wine cup, Theodor or Tobias Riederer, Augsburg, circa 1614-1616; 6½in.; 16.5cm. high; 192gr, 6oz, 3dwt. Estimate: 5,000 - 8,000 GBP. Lot sold: 4,032 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. of tapered conical form, the cup with applied wriggle work rim above embossed lobes and matting, on a knopped stem and domed stippled foot, marked on body and foot. Property of a descendant of William Beckford & The Dukes of Hamilton. Provenance: In the Hamilton Collection before 1888;Possibly... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A German silver-gilt cup and cover in the form of a bear, maker's mark only MV conjoined (the shield Melchior Bair), Augsburg, circa 1600; 19cm., 7 1/2 in. high; 594.7gr, 19oz. 2dwt. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 GBP. Lot sold: 56,700 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. on its haunches supporting a heraldic shield, with chained nose ring, beaded collar, the shield engraved with a Ducal coat-of-arms, the body, head and shield also with 1806-1810 Austrian control... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3. A German silver-gilt mounted ostrich egg cup and cover, Andreas Klette, Torgau, circa 1622; 45cm. high. Estimate 200,000 - 300,000 GBP. Unsold. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. surmounted by an Ostrich finial holding armorial engraved shield, initialled and dated 1622, three ostriches forming the stem below feathered strapwork, masks and female caryatids, male caryatids at the detachable cover holding the upper part of the ostrich egg, borders embossed, chased and engraved with leaves and flowers, foot rim... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A fine German silver-gilt drinking cup modelled as a bear, Hans auf der Burg, Nuremberg, circa 1598-1602; 18.5cm, 7 1/4in high, 693gr, 22oz 4dwt. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 GBP. Lot sold: 252,000 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's The male animal seated with raised paws, cast, embossed and chased with thick buckled collar, realistic fur, on a detachable foot, tooled with birds, a house, a snake and foliage, marked on body, cover and foot. Provenance: Baron F. Rolin,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1022. Silver-gilt knobbed goblet, Augsburg, 1st half of the 17th century. Maker's mark Theodor Riederer or Tobias Riederer. H 16.4 cm. 180 g. Estimate CHF 1 800 / 2 600 (€ 1 580 / 2 280). © Koller Provenance: Swiss private collection. Koller. Furniture, Porcelain & Silver - Thursday, 26. March 2020, 02.00 PM

A 'Hansel im Keller' cup, Silver-gilt, Nuremberg, circa 1580, Mark of Jobst Eissler III, H 18 cm. © D'ARSCHOT & CIE. Flemish heart, Silver and rose cut diamonds, Flanders, probably Antwerp, 1790, H 7.5 cm. © D'ARSCHOT & CIE. Kettle, Silver and ebony, Mechelen, 1719-1720, Maker’s mark: an anchor, H 19.6 cm. © D'ARSCHOT & CIE.

Lot 318. A German silver-gilt standing cup, Barthel Birtsch, Strasbourg, circa 1590; 22.5cm., 8 7/8 in. high, 520gr., 16oz. 14dwt. total. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,250 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. the body chased with putto masks among foliate strapwork on a matted ground, the inverted baluster stem with three scrolling supports, the domed spreading circular foot similarly chased to the body, marked to foot, 21.5cm., 8 1/2 in. high; and a German silver-gilt bunch of grapes... [Lire la suite]

Lot 330. A German silver-gilt tankard, Jakob Thurnover, Augsburg, 1590-95; 13.6cm., 5 1/4in. high, 409gr., 13 oz. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 11,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. Finely chased with a continuous early morning stag hunt in three ovals, interrupted by male and female masks with exaggerated foreheads on a matt ground with fruit and strapwork, repeated at the hinged cover, lion finial, underside with contemporary initials MHP and IMTH. Note: Dr.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1275. A rare silver-gilt flower-form tazza, Liao-Song dynasty, 10th-12th century; 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) across. Estimate $15,000 - USD 20,000. Price Realized $32,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. The pentafoil dish raised on a spreading pedestal foot, the interior engraved with a scene of two men playing weiqi while a third observes in a garden setting surrounded by foliate scroll reserved on a ring-punched ground within a border of geometric key fret, below birds reserved on a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1708. Silver-gilt "Rathspokal" standing cup, Nienburg an der Weser, 1648. Unassigned maker's mark HCT or HGT. H 46.3 cm. 8583 g. Estimate: CHF 30 000 / 50 000 (€ 25 000 / 41 670). © Koller Expertise: Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ludwig Richter, Freudental, September 2015 (copy available).  Provenance: - Nienburg an der Weser, probably 1648 to 1681.- Copenhagen, until July 1892. - Collection of Frederic H(enry) Betts, from 1892.- Swiss private collection. - European private collection. ... [Lire la suite]