BEARING MARKS FOR MANG SAYLER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1560

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A German Silver-Gilt Salt
Bearing marks for Mang Sayler, Augsburg, circa 1560
Circular section, the broad rim engraved with foliate scroll motifs, supported on three mask feet, painted underneath with a later inventory (?) number 41/205
See Illustration and page 31
3 7/8in. (7.3cm.) diameter, 1oz. (31gr.)

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Lot Essay

The marks for this maker are recorded in Helmut Seling, Die Kunst Des Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, number 586, recorded from another salt, perhaps the example offered here, formerly in the collection of Professor A. Pringsheim, Munich.

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