Lot 87
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER AND COVER
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER AND COVER

AUGSBURG, 1689-1692, MAKER'S MARK HP CONJOINED C

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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER AND COVER
AUGSBURG, 1689-1692, MAKER'S MARK HP CONJOINED C
Tapering cylindrical and on three ball feet, the body chased with portrait busts of Roman emperors and with military trophies between, the detachable domed cover similarly chased and with ball finial, marked underneath and on cover
6 in. (16 cm.) high
11 oz. (342 gr.)
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Lot Essay

This maker's mark is recorded in M. Rosenberg, Die Goldschmiede Merkseichen, Frankfurt am Main, 1925, vol. 1, p. 126, no. 612 as seen on a beaker and cover in the collection of Baron Leopold von Rothschild (E. A. Jones, Catalogue of the Collection of Old Plate of Leopold de Rothschild, London, 1907, p. 37, pl. XXXVII).

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