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Lot 1113 Dα

A large Augsburg silver cannister

Auction 1117 - overview Cologne
16.11.2018, 16:30 - Selected Works of Art
Estimate: 18.000 € - 22.000 €

A large Augsburg silver cannister

Slightly bombé form corpus with cylindrical screw-top lid on waisted foot. Decorated with finely chased fruit swags amid acanthus, the corresponding lid with moulded hinged handle. H 23 cm, weight 762 g.
Marks of Johann I Mittnacht, 1679 - 83.

Many fine works by Mittnacht are now housed in the treasury of the Munich residence, the Städtischen Kunstsammlungen in Augsburg and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.

Literature

Cf. a lavabo garniture by this maker in the armoury of the Kremlin in Moscow, illus. in Seling 1980, no. 362.

Exhibitions

Magie van de edelsmeedkunst, Laarne, 2009. cat. no. 137 illus. p. 234.