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Lot 182 Dα

An important Spanish silver tureen and cover

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 80.000 € - 100.000 €
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An important Spanish silver tureen and cover

Bombé form oval corpus with a removable inset on four claw-and-ball feet. The handles designed as detailed lion's head models. The lower section with fluting, above it a frieze of finely chased shell motifs on a dotted ground. The domed lid with correspondingly sumptuous décor and two vacant rocaille cartouches with laurel crowns. The finial formed as a large bundle of artichokes and broccoli. Engraved on the inner surface of the vessel and the lid with the conjoined monogram “VAJ”, repeated on the outer surface of the inset. H 32.5; 40.5; D 26.5 cm, weight 5,409 g.
Madrid, marks of Antonio Magro, 1773.

Literature

For this maker cf. Fernández, Enciclopedia de la Plata Espanola, Madrid 1985, p. 277. For this type cf. ibid. no. 612.