standing cup and cover

Lot 266. A German parcel-gilt silver standing cup and cover, anonymous master (Seling No. 1244), Augsburg, 1610-12; 31.1cm., 12 1/4 in. high; 407gr., 13oz. Estimate 12,000 — 18,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. waisted baluster form, embossed with three scenic vignettes above a husked band and fruit bouquets, surrounded by scrolling strap-work on a matted ground, the cover similarly decorated with sheet scroll-work foliate finial, the open scroll-work stem resting on a waisted dome foot... [Lire la suite]

A large German silver standing cup and cover, Theodor Strube, Leipzig, circa 1843 the base applied with the city arms of Leipzig and acanthus leaves, the stem decorated with palmettes, the rim of the cup with two realistically tooled masks and applied with flower heads, the cup inscribed Ihrem Commandanten Herrn Major Adolph Wilhelm Aster die Communalgarde Leipzigs 1843, the reverse with applied coat-of-arms possibly that of the Aster family, the finial a woman holding the arms of the Duchy of Saxony, marked at the rim -... [Lire la suite]