MARK OF ANTON TUFFITSCHER, BRIG, DATED 1664

Details

A SWISS PARCEL-GILT SILVER DISH
MARK OF ANTON TUFFITSCHER, BRIG, DATED 1664
Circular and with two shaped bracket handles each chased with a mask and fruit, the centre chased with lobes and central wreath, with inscription dated 1664, marked underneath
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) wide overall
5 oz. 9 dwt. (171 gr.)
The inscription in the centre reads 'Weibel Peter Pfaffen Hat Mich Lassen Machen Im Jar 1664 Siner Ehegemahel Maria Gergien Zu Einem Neiwen Jar'.

Provenance

A New Year's Gift to Maria Gergien (d. 1687) from her husband Peter Pfaffen (d.1673), of Mund in 1664, as recorded by the inscription.

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Lot Essay

Peter Pfaffen was a clerk employed by the immensely wealthy salt merchant Kaspar Stockalper (1609-1691), whose palace, built between 1658 and 1678, was the largest private building in Switzerland at the time. Peter and Maria Pfaffen's deaths are duly recorded in Kaspar Stockalpers' account book.

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