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    From Roentgen to Faberge: A European Private Collection

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    • A MATCHED PAIR OF GERMAN SILVE
    Lot 68

    A MATCHED PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER DOUBLE-LIPPED SAUCE-BOATS

    MARK OF EMANUEL ABRAHAM DRENTWETT, AUGSBURG, ONE 1755-57, ONE 1757-1759

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    GBP 16,250

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    GBP 12,000 - GBP 18,000

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    A MATCHED PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER DOUBLE-LIPPED SAUCE-BOATS
    MARK OF EMANUEL ABRAHAM DRENTWETT, AUGSBURG, ONE 1755-57, ONE 1757-1759
    Each tapering oval and on cast rocaille and foliage skirt foot, with shaped rim and foliage scroll handles, the fluted sides chased with foliage and flowers, each engraved with initials CG below an elector's crown and later engraved with initials HF and dated 1759, engraved under the spout with further later initials, the interiors gilt, each marked under base
    8¼ in. (21 cm.) long and slightly smaller
    29 oz. 1 dwt. (904 gr.)

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    H. Seling; Die Augsburger Gold-und Silberschmiede 1529-1868, Munich 2007, p. 620 no. 2120, where they are recorded as differing sizes.


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