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A SWISS PARCEL-GILT SILVER CUP

Lot 35
06.02.2025 00:00UTC -05:00
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CHRISTIE'S
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
ID 1360184
Lot 35 | A SWISS PARCEL-GILT SILVER CUP
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 80 000
A SWISS PARCEL-GILT SILVER CUP
MARK OF ADAM FLETCHER, BASEL, CIRCA 1682
The octofoil cup centered by a chased scene of Adam and Eve, the exterior with a pierced and engraved floral sleeve, the stem fully modeled as a draped allegorical female figure of Justice holding a sword and scales, the spool-shaped base on a domed foot chased with flowers and foliage, further engraved with a coat-of-arms below a bishops mitre and staff, with an inscription to the underside, marked on rim of bowl with maker's mark and town mark, the foot rim with town mark only
12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) high
20 oz. 14 dwt. (643.8 gr.)
The inscription on the underside reads, MONASTERIVM LVCISELLA SVO PATRONO PRAENOBILI CLARISSIMO [?] D: DOMINO ADAMO FRANCOIS JVRIVM DOCTORI PROPTER REM CONTRA NOBILEM D: HENDELL [?] PRAECLARE GESTAM 1682 (The monastery of Lucelle to its advocate, the most excellent and noble Adam Francois, Doctor of Laws, on account of the case against the nobleman D. [?] Hendell which was so brilliantly carried through 1682).




Provenance

Presented to Adam François by Abbott Pierre Tanner of Lucelle, circa 1682.
The collection of Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery (1929-2024), sold,
Sotheby's, Mentmore Towers Sale, 18 May 1977, lot 648.
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, 14 June 1977.



Literature

T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 31, pp. 154-156.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland
Category:Cups
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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