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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER CUP AND COVER
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER CUP AND COVER

MARK OF ADOLF GAAP, AUGSBURG, 1684-1689

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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER CUP AND COVER
MARK OF ADOLF GAAP, AUGSBURG, 1684-1689
Slightly tapering cylindrical and on three ball feet, the body chased with busts of the Roman emperors Nero Claud [sic] (r.54-68); Vitelius [sic] (r.69-69) and Traianus [Hadrian] (r.117-138), the cover chased with the bust of the Roman emperors Tiberius (r.14-37); Clodius [sic] (r.41-54) and Vespas [sic] (r.69-79), each between military trophies, the cover with ball finial, marked underneath and on cover
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
30 oz. (919 gr.)
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拍品專文

Adolph Gaap seems to have specialised in cups and covers such as this. Three similar examples, each on bold ball feet like the present example are illustrated in H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, vol.II, pl. 389, 390 and 391.