A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER

Lot 92
10.02.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 6 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 711005
Lot 92 | A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
Tapering cylindrical on a waisted foot, the body engraved with three numbered emblematic scenes, each framed by a flower cartouche beneath a German inscription, with trophies of fruit and flowers between, marked under base and scratched with later inscription 'Beny Lehman 1801'
31/8 in. (8 cm.) high
3 oz. 10 dwt. (110 gr.)
The German inscriptions read:
1 'O Gott erhalt die Shriftenheit im stetem friedt und einigheit' - 'O God keep scripture in constant peace and unity'
2 'der Iene dass wir taglich trebn nach undern gott (v : h) unds lebn' - 'the one that we strive daily for another god (v and h) live'
3 'fuhr uns auss der verganglichteit zu in unerverenden fried und freid' - 'lead us from the past to unending peace and happiness'.
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