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Lot 1029 Dα

An Augsburg silver beaker

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 2.500 € - 2.800 €

An Augsburg silver beaker

Tapering parcel gilt beaker with a moulded rim on three spherical supports, decorated with repoussé acanthus foliage. The slightly domed lid with corresponding decor and a large spherical finial. H 15 cm, weight 258 g.
Marks of Adolf Gaap, 1681 - 1685.

Literature

Seling mentions a beaker by Gaap with portraits in the Jewish Museum in Prague.
Cf. also further beakers by this maker in Seling 1980, no. 389 ff.