LEIPZIG, CIRCA 1680, MAKER’S MARK INDISTINCT, POSSIBLY IP FOR EITHER JOHANN PEIßKER OR JAKOB PAULY

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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT CANISTER
LEIPZIG, CIRCA 1680, MAKER’S MARK INDISTINCT, POSSIBLY IP FOR EITHER JOHANN PEIßKER OR JAKOB PAULY
Lobed hexafoil and on spreading base, engraved with flowers and foliage, the screw-off cover engraved with flowers and with central hinged angular scroll handle, the base with an indistinct inscription, marked underneath, the foot and cover with a later French tax mark
6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high
12 oz. 8 dwt. (386 gr.)

Special notice

These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

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Lot Essay

The tentative attribution for the mark IP is listed in M. Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Frankfurt, 1923, vol. 2, p. 251, no. 3065 and is taken from Katalog der Ausstellung, Leipzig, 1907, no. 75-79.

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