Lot Essay
cf. Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmieder 1529-1868, Helmut Seling, Munich, 1980, volume II, ill. pl. 859, for an almost identical example by Johann Jakob Biller II, 1749-1751.
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A GERMAN SILVER EWER AND BASIN
maker's mark of Adolf Carl Holm, Augsburg, 1761-1763
The oval spiral-fluted ewer on high domed base below a knop with raised foliage, the conforming body of baluster form and with multi-scroll handle and with further foliate ornament, the oval basin with and shaped moulded rim
the ewer 24cm. (9½in.) high (525gr.)
the basin 43cm. (16 7/8in.) long (767gr.)
(total weight 1,292gr.) (2)
maker's mark of Adolf Carl Holm, Augsburg, 1761-1763
The oval spiral-fluted ewer on high domed base below a knop with raised foliage, the conforming body of baluster form and with multi-scroll handle and with further foliate ornament, the oval basin with and shaped moulded rim
the ewer 24cm. (9½in.) high (525gr.)
the basin 43cm. (16 7/8in.) long (767gr.)
(total weight 1,292gr.) (2)