Lot 626. Property from a Swiss Private Collection. Gabriel Schmidt, German, Augsburg, circa 1630, Parcel-Gilt Silver Guild Standing Cup and Cover; parcel-gilt silver, 295 g., height: 90.5 cm. Lot Sold 7,620 USD (Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2024

the gourd-shaped body embossed with spiraled lobes, openwork white silver stem, the base with two bands of lobes, similar cover with finial in the form of a man holding an emblem and standing on winged orb, the figure possibly representing a guild, borders of cut and curled white sheet silver, marked with maker’s mark and city mark on rim of body and foot, the matching cover maker’s mark HP conjoined (Rosenberg 3 no 1121, Bamberg, mid 17th century).