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Lot 372 Dα

A silver gilt spoon with a herm

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 11:00 - Decorative Arts I (Silver)
Estimate: 700 €
Result: 992 € (incl. premium)

A silver gilt spoon with a herm

Droplet shaped bowl and straight handle terminating in a Roman soldier as a herm. Engraved to the underside "Kasper Kühl" - presumalby Casper Kühl of Flensburg (1610 - 59), whose family is mentioned in a donor inscription in the church of Nordhackstedt as "kunsterfahrene Möller". L 17.6 cm, weight 45 g.
Unmarked, attributed to North Germany, possibly Flensburg, mid-17th C.