A CONTINENTAL SILVER TWO-HANDLED DISH

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A CONTINENTAL SILVER TWO-HANDLED DISH
CIRCA 1670, MAKER'S MARK BE OR HB CONJOINED, FOR ADAM BERNHARD ECKHARD OF AUGSBURG OR HENOCH BRUNN OF STRASBOURG

Of scalloped oval form, the sides chased with shells and acanthus, the base with a flower, with two foliate scroll side handles, struck on side with maker's mark only--4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) long
(1 oz.)

Lot Essay

The attribution of this maker's mark to Eckhard was made by Seling (Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmieder 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, vol. III, no. 785); Rosenberg however attributes this mark to Balthasar Ehem. The same mark appears in Strasbourg, where it is attributed to Henoch Brunn, who first entered a mark in 1654. Stylistically, an Augsburg origin seems for likely for the present lot.