An important Hamburg partially gilt silver beaker - image-1

Lot 606 Dα

An important Hamburg partially gilt silver beaker

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 10:30 - Silver and Miniatures
Estimate: 21.000 € - 24.000 €

An important Hamburg partially gilt silver beaker

An important Hamburg partially gilt silver beaker. Decorated with alternating architectural scenes and costumed figures based on Abraham Bosses "Le Retour du Baptême". Marks of Claus Sülßen II, ca. 1640. Minor traces of soldering. H 16.8 cm, weight 240 g.

Provenance

Auctioned by Christie's in London, 1973.

Literature

This beaker illus. in: Schliemann 1985, no. 287. For this type cf. also cat.: Slg. Huelsmann, Bielefeld 1986, illus. p. 103.