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ALL UNMARKED (EXCEPT 1 WITH LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK), SOUTH GERMAN OR SWISS/AUSTRIAN, VARIOUSLY CIRCA 1730-60,
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A GROUP OF FOUR 18TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SCENT OR SPICE FLASKS,
ALL UNMARKED (Except 1 with later French control mark), SOUTH GERMAN OR SWISS/AUSTRIAN, variously CIRCA 1730-60,
Comprising one silver-gilt barrel form example, unscrewing at top, bottom & centre, engraved alternately with plain & strapwork panels, another silver-gilt example similarly decorated but octagonal with screw-on cap, the foot forming an armorial seal, another silver-gilt example of baluster form, engine-turned with zig-zag bands, unscrewing at centre, the foot forming a crowned monogram seal, also a plain silver baluster-shaped example with ring finial & chain dependent, unscrewing at centre & at top. (4)
ALL UNMARKED (Except 1 with later French control mark), SOUTH GERMAN OR SWISS/AUSTRIAN, variously CIRCA 1730-60,
Comprising one silver-gilt barrel form example, unscrewing at top, bottom & centre, engraved alternately with plain & strapwork panels, another silver-gilt example similarly decorated but octagonal with screw-on cap, the foot forming an armorial seal, another silver-gilt example of baluster form, engine-turned with zig-zag bands, unscrewing at centre, the foot forming a crowned monogram seal, also a plain silver baluster-shaped example with ring finial & chain dependent, unscrewing at centre & at top. (4)
Literature
See plate 280, page 420 - "Zürcher Goldschmeide Kunst", Eva-Maria Lösel, 1983.
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.