A SET OF FOUR GERMAN SILVER WINE-COOLERS FROM CATHERINE THE ...

Lot 44
29.07.2020 18:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 44 | A SET OF FOUR GERMAN SILVER WINE-COOLERS FROM CATHERINE THE ...
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£ 150 000 – 200 000
A SET OF FOUR GERMAN SILVER WINE-COOLERS FROM CATHERINE THE GREAT'S RIGA SERVICE

MARK OF JOHANN CHRISTIAN NEUSS, AUGSBURG, 1781-1783

Each slightly tapering cylindrical and on spreading foot with husk border, the lower bodies part-fluted and applied above with fruiting vine cast swags, with applied horned bacchic mask handles, each marked underneath, further prick engraved with Cyrillic initials 'RIZH' and numbered 'N.1', with later Dutch tax marks

10 ¾ in. (27.5 cm.) high

336 oz. 4 dwt. (10,456 gr.)

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