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Lot 628 Dα

A silver chamberstick

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 700 €

A silver chamberstick

So-called "palmatoria" with moulded drip pan and cylindrical nozzle, the handle with a chain and tweezers. L 30.5 cm, weight 165 g.
Unmarked, presumably South American, 2nd half 18th C.

Literature

For more on this type cf.: Fernandez, Enciclopedia de la Plata Espanola, Madrid 1985, no. 86.