MARK OF JÜRGEN RICHELS, HAMBURG, DATE-LETTER A, CIRCA 1690

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A fine German silver and silver-gilt canister
Mark of Jürgen Richels, Hamburg, date-letter A, circa 1690
Hexafoil and with screw off cover with hinged ring handle, the sides engraved with panels of scrolling acanthus leaves, three panels enclosing an oval cartouche with the figures of a lady next to a fallen tree, a resting gentleman and his dog and a court jester washing his hands, gilt interior fitted with another parcel-gilt cylindrical inside cover with an oval handle, marked on base
16.5 cm. high
744 gr.

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Lot Essay

Almost identical canisters by Jürgen Richels were sold in The Schliemann Collection, Christie's Amsterdam, 4 April 2007, lot 700. E. Schliemann ed., Die Goldschmiede Hamburgs, Hamburg, 1985, vol. 2, p.206, no. 38. vol. 3. p. 161. fig. 379.

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