Lot 68
Lot 68
A GROUP OF THREE GERMAN SILVER CUPS AND COVERS

PROBABLY HANAU, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

    Price Realised USD 16,380
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    USD 12,000 - USD 18,000
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    A GROUP OF THREE GERMAN SILVER CUPS AND COVERS

    PROBABLY HANAU, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

    Price Realised USD 16,380
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    Price Realised USD 16,380
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    Details
    The first on a circular base chased with bosses, one engraved with a double headed eagle in a shield, another with a crest, the stem applied with scrolling term figures and acanthus, the body further chased with bosses and acanthus, the conforming cover with leafy flowering finial, marked near upper rim, the foot rim and cover also with import marks for David Bridge, London, 1895; The second on a stepped domed hexafoil base chased with lozenges, the stem applied with scrolls, the body further chased with lozenges and applied with flowerheads, the conforming domed cover with openwork border of scrolling foliage and flowerheads, with flowering branch finial above applied scrolls, marked on foot rim, the upper rim and foot rim with early 20th century Austrian import marks; The third on a hexafoil base, the base and body chased with lobes and applied with leaves, the conforming domed cover with border of scrolling leaves and with spire-form finial, marked on base rim, upper rim, and flange of cover
    191⁄2 in. (49.5 cm.) high, the example with leafy flowering finial
    121 oz. 10 dwt. (3,779 gr.)
    Provenance
    The example with flowering branch finial, acquired Ragazzi Gallery, Flushing, New York, 3 January 2006.
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    The crest engraved on the example with the leafy flowering finial is that of Glyn.

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