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A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER-GILT BEAKERS
MAKER'S MARK OF HEINRICH BRAHMFELD, HAMBURG, 1738-1759
Tapering cylindrical and on spreading foot, each chased with three oval cartouches within fruit, flowers and floral swags, the cartouches containing a sword and vine, a pair of bellows and three balls, and a serpent being cut by a sword held in a gloved hand issuing from a cloud, one beaker rim later engraved with a count's coronet, marked under bases
10.4 cm (4¼ in) high
420 gr (2)
MAKER'S MARK OF HEINRICH BRAHMFELD, HAMBURG, 1738-1759
Tapering cylindrical and on spreading foot, each chased with three oval cartouches within fruit, flowers and floral swags, the cartouches containing a sword and vine, a pair of bellows and three balls, and a serpent being cut by a sword held in a gloved hand issuing from a cloud, one beaker rim later engraved with a count's coronet, marked under bases
10.4 cm (4¼ in) high
420 gr (2)