ID 1027590
Lot 149 | AN AUSTRIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER WAGER CUP
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
VIENNA, 1746, WITH MAKER'S MARK IP IN SHAPED PUNCH POSSIBLY FOR JOHAN OR JOHANNES PFEIFFER
Of typical form, modeled as a lady in 16th-century costume with corset and bell skirt applied with pierced scrolling foliage and strapwork, holding aloft a orange peel chased swivel cup suspended by dragons and pierced scrolls, marked on rim of swivel cup and skirt
9 ½ in. (24.5 cm.) high
17 oz. 2 dwt. (532 gr.)
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Gilding, Silver |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Category: | Cups |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Gilding, Silver |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Category: | Cups |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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