Lot Essay
Hieronymus Mittnacht (1708-1769), whose mark is reproduced in H. Seling, Die Augsburger Gold- und Silverschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 2007, no. 2270, p. 566, became a master in 1735.
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THE GLASS SOUTH GERMANY, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS MARK OF HIERONYMUS MITTNACHT, AUGSBURG 1761-1763
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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED RUBY GLASS SCENT BOTTLE AND STOPPER
THE GLASS SOUTH GERMANY, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS MARK OF HIERONYMUS MITTNACHT, AUGSBURG 1761-1763
Onion shaped with fluted narrow tapering neck and ribbed globular body, on silver-gilt spreading circular foot chased with rocaille, neck mount and detachable stopper with crimped rim, the foot rim with maker and town marks, stopper marked XII in an oval
9 5⁄8 in. (24.4 cm.) high
THE GLASS SOUTH GERMANY, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS MARK OF HIERONYMUS MITTNACHT, AUGSBURG 1761-1763
Onion shaped with fluted narrow tapering neck and ribbed globular body, on silver-gilt spreading circular foot chased with rocaille, neck mount and detachable stopper with crimped rim, the foot rim with maker and town marks, stopper marked XII in an oval
9 5⁄8 in. (24.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Galerie J. Kugel, Paris, 2002.
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 98, pp. 330-331.
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