Lot 111
111
A FINE GERMAN SILVER-GILT TAZZA

Details
A FINE GERMAN SILVER-GILT TAZZA
CIRCA 1710

Of decafoil form on similar spreading foot, the border and foot chased with fluted gadrooning with shells, flowerheads and pellets between enclosing a band of flowerheads and ovals, all on a matted ground, the center engraved with a stylized flowerhead enclosed by foliate scrolls and shells on a matted ground, within scalloped ruled borders, engraved with a coat-of-arms surmounted by an electoral bonnet and enclosed by the initials GLC, apparently unmarked, pricked under the foot with inventory mark No.4 and with scratch weight 4M 4 loft 3½ js--13in. (33cm.) diam.
(28 oz.)

Lot Essay

The arms and initial are those of Georg Ludwig, Elector of Hanover, born May 28, 1660. He succeeded his father Ernst August as Elector on January 23, 1698 and, on the death of Queen Anne in 1714, he succeeded, as King George I, to the throne of Great Britain. He died on June 11, 1727.

A set of eight candlesticks, Hanover, 1726, maker's mark of Conrad Hermann Mundt, engraved with the same arms and initials, was sold Christie's, London, December 9, 1953, lot 133; four were subsequently sold Christie's, New York, October 18, 1989, lot 348.