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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1760
Details
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED OSTRICH EGG CUP AND COVER
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1760
The mounts cast and chased with scrolls, foliage and shells, the foot and cover bezel with later Dutch tax mark
11 ½ in. (29.1 cm.) high
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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1760
The mounts cast and chased with scrolls, foliage and shells, the foot and cover bezel with later Dutch tax mark
11 ½ in. (29.1 cm.) high
.
Provenance
Acquired by Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza (1875-1947) before 1938.
Literature
A. Feulner, Stiftung Sammlung Schloss Rohoncz, vol. III, Plastik und Kunsthandwerk, Lugano-Castagnola, 1941, p. 72, no. 169.
H. Müller, European Silver from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, London, 1986, cat. no. 85, pp. 284-285 (as Dutch).
H. Müller, European Silver from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, London, 1986, cat. no. 85, pp. 284-285 (as Dutch).
Brought to you by
Giles Forster