An Estonian partially gilt silver platter - image-1

Lot 652 Dα

An Estonian partially gilt silver platter

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 10:30 - Silver and Miniatures
Estimate: 4.800 € - 5.000 €

An Estonian partially gilt silver platter

An Estonian partially gilt silver platter. With engraved owner's monogram "Herman Poorten Anno 1698" to the underside. Narwa, marks of Vincent Mundt, ca. 1698. Diameter 29.5 cm, weight 326 g.

Poorten was a wealthy merchant and a member of the city council in the Estonian town of Narwa.

Literature

Cf. a tankard by this master illus. in: Ehrnrooth, Baltic Silver, Espoo 1991, no. 86. For Poorten cf. "Hermann Poortens Aufzeichnungen über die Belagerung und Einnahme der Stadt Narva durch die Russen im Jahr 1704", in: Archiv für die Geschichte Liv-, Esth- und Curlands, Dorpat 1842, p. 312 ff.