ID 848561
Lot 201 | A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER CASTERS AND A TUMBLER CUP
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
THE CASTERS WITH MAKER'S MARK CG/S IN HEART-SHAPED PUNCH, AURICH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY; THE TUMBLER; APPARENTLY UNMARKED, POSSIBLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1700
The casters, each cylindrical with reeded base, the covers with bayonet fitting pierced with scrolling foliage and flowerheads below star engraved baluster finial, engraved underneath with a later cypher, marked underneath and with later Dutch control marks; the everted tumbler cup engraved with three vignettes of buildings in landscapes with figures hunting and fishing flanked by flower trophy
The casters 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high; the tumbler cup 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high
15 oz. 17 dwt. (494 gr.)
Provenance
The casters with S.J. Phillips Ltd. London.
| Medium: | Silver |
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| Category: | Sugar Caster |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Silver |
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| Category: | Sugar Caster |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |







