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MARK OF JOHANN HUES, HAMBURG, 1790-1800
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A pair of German silver casters
Mark of Johann Hues, Hamburg, 1790-1800
Each on a circular foot with beaded border, the vase-shaped bodies each with an engraved band of scrolls and flowers, the pierced detachable high domed cover with a beaded rim and vase-shaped finial, one cover further pierced beneath the beaded rim with scrolls and husks, marked on footrim
16.5 cm. high
372 gr. (2)
Mark of Johann Hues, Hamburg, 1790-1800
Each on a circular foot with beaded border, the vase-shaped bodies each with an engraved band of scrolls and flowers, the pierced detachable high domed cover with a beaded rim and vase-shaped finial, one cover further pierced beneath the beaded rim with scrolls and husks, marked on footrim
16.5 cm. high
372 gr. (2)
Provenance
With Kunsthandel Kopenhagen, February 1962
Literature
E. Schliemann ed., Die Goldschmiede Hamburgs, Hamburg, 1985, vol. 2, p. 425, vol. 3., p. 252, fig. 648.
Special notice
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