A large Wesel silver beaker - image-1
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A large Wesel silver beaker - image-3
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Lot 994 Dα

A large Wesel silver beaker

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 16.000 € - 18.000 €

A large Wesel silver beaker

Tall tapering beaker with flaring rim on a moulded basal ring. Engraved with birds amid fruiting tendrils and a monogrammed cartouche in the centre inscribed "RCRM / CRM". Inscribed below the rim "MENSCHLICHE ANSCHLEG GERADEN SELTEN ABER WAS GOT WEILT DAS MVS GELDEN", dated 1642. The base inset with a Braunschweig-Lüneburger "Ausbeutetaler" coin dated 1624. H 17.8 cm, weight 389 g.
Marks presumably those of Friederich Horst, c. 1642.