Lot Essay
A similar fluted flask with chains and applied oak leaves at the shoulder, mark of Albrecht Biller, Augsburg, circa 1700, is in the collection of King Jan III's Palace in Wilanów, Poland (obj. no. Wil.107).
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
THE GLASS SOUTH GERMANY, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS MARK OF JOHAN LUDWIG I BILLER, AUGSBURG, 1699-1703
Details
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED RUBY GLASS FLASK AND STOPPER
THE GLASS SOUTH GERMANY, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS MARK OF JOHAN LUDWIG I BILLER, AUGSBURG, 1699-1703
The fluted flask of tear-drop form, the silver-gilt shaped band at the mouth linked by tightly woven chains to the oak leaf mount cradling the lower body, the oval foot chased with radiating lobes enclosed within a gadrooned band, foot rim with maker and town marks and assay scrape
9 5⁄8 in. (24.4 cm.) high
THE GLASS SOUTH GERMANY, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS MARK OF JOHAN LUDWIG I BILLER, AUGSBURG, 1699-1703
The fluted flask of tear-drop form, the silver-gilt shaped band at the mouth linked by tightly woven chains to the oak leaf mount cradling the lower body, the oval foot chased with radiating lobes enclosed within a gadrooned band, foot rim with maker and town marks and assay scrape
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. 96, pp. 328-329.
If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.