An Augsburg partially gilt silver coffer with mythological decor - image-1
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Lot 1034 Dα

An Augsburg partially gilt silver coffer with mythological decor

Auction 1066 - overview Cologne
20.05.2016, 17:00 - Selected Works of Art
Estimate: 12.000 € - 14.000 €

An Augsburg partially gilt silver coffer with mythological decor

The interior fitted with velvet-lined wood compartments for six small vessels, of which two glass bottles with vermeil lids survive. W 16.5; D 13.5 H 16 cm, weight when empty ca. 1.200 g.
Marks of Johann Erhard II Heuglin, 1725 - 29.

Literature

Cf. a lavabo garniture by Heuglin in the Green Vault, illus. in cat.: Gold und Silber, Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst für die Höfe Europas, Munich 1994, no. 134. Seling mentions two gilt caskets by this maker in private ownership.