Lot 186
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A RARE GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED ENAMELLED PORCELAIN COVERED CUP
A RARE GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED ENAMELLED PORCELAIN COVERED CUP

CIRCA 1720

Details
A RARE GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED ENAMELLED PORCELAIN COVERED CUP
Circa 1720
The vase-shaped cup painted with three oval reserves, each with a putto at a country pursuit, against a lavender ground with polychrome garlands, the cover similarly decorated, on a gadrooned stem, marked on base with indistinct marks
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cups of similar form, without covers, made in Augsburg in 1717-18 are illustrated in Helmut Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede, 1980, pl. XXIIIb. A silver-gilt beaker with an enamelled sleeve painted in a very similar style is illustrated in Seling, op. cit., pl. XXVII.